Portrait of a sitting lady

Daughter of Amélia, her sister, and Henrique Lopes de Mendonça, a man of letters, a childhood friend of Columbano, Alda Bordalo Pinheiro Lopes de Mendonça is portrayed in a pose of grace and elegance, with a relaxed expression and familiar atmosphere. In this portrait highlights the luminous and shimmering way that Columbano gives to the face of the portrayed, opposing to the rest of the body, without great contrasts of chiaroscuro.