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Portrait of Maria Celina Machado Hermeto

Candido Portinari1938

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in gray, red, ochre, earthy, white and green. Smooth texture. Portrait of girl half-length against background in "degrade". The portrayed faces, has oval face, dark wavy hair at the time of the neck, divided to the left of the forehead and brushed back; broad forehead, arched eyebrows, almond-shaped green eyes turned to the left, broad nose, thick lips well drawn in reddish, square chin and long neck. wears red dress with white collar suggesting that sold for "scalloping" and has his arms along the body. Background with the horizon just above the elbow clearing to shoulder height and dimming up.

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  • Title: Portrait of Maria Celina Machado Hermeto
  • 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: 1938
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w60.5 x h73cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: portrait:woman
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed in bottom right corner "PORTINARI". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2505
  • Inscription: On stretcher, stamp from Minerva framing house.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-947
Projeto Portinari

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