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Don Quixote

Candido Portinari1956

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines, dashes and shading. D. Quixote horse and donkey Sancho mounted occupying the full area of ​​the support. Both are facing: Don Quixote and Sancho Panza to the left to the right, slightly behind. Don Quixote holds the lance with his on the right hand upon the right and the shield with his on the left hand. The on the right front leg of the horse is raised. The Sancho body is represented by vertical dashed accentuating the volume of the stomach, and their horizontal legs by dashed lines. Might-dark effects on the clothes horse and D. Quixote also represented by dashed lines. On the ground, converging lines to the horizon giving idea of ​​road and background with smooth and parallel lines in various directions.

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  • Title: Don Quixote
  • Creator Lifespan: 1903-12-29 - 1962-12-06
  • Creator Nationality: Brazilian
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Death Place: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Creator Birth Place: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Date: 1956
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w18 x h34cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:donkey, Nature:Animals:horse, human figure:group:men, diverse:literary character:D. Quixote, diverse:literary character:Sancho Panza
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "Portinari 56"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1407
  • Function: Study for the drawing “Don Quixote and Sancho Panza Heading Out on Their Adventures” [FCO 1219]. Don Quixote Series
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3754
Projeto Portinari

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