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Saint Francis of Assisi

Candido Portinari1942

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in tones earthy, white, black, green and blue. Smooth texture, scraped effects and outline in black lines. Composition representing San Francisco with a bird in the hand occupying almost the entire support area against stoned background in earthy-red tone. The figure has represented the skin in shades of light green-gray, is slender, is standing and facing. wears cassock in shades earthy with hood that covers her head with drapery marked by scraping the pigment. It has long face, wrinkles on the forehead, big eyes wide apart, broad nose, beard, mustache and long neck. You have the on the right arm along the body and the on the left bent at chest level in whose hand is resting a blue bird, profile on the left. It has the slightly apart and feet bare legs.

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  • Title: Saint Francis of Assisi
  • 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: 1942
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w35 x h140cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:bird, religious:Saints:Saint Francis of Assisi, human figure:man
  • Technique: tempera
  • Signature: Signed and dated in top right corner "PORTINARI 1942"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2987
  • Inscription: On back of frame, inscription "SÃO FRANCISCO”.
  • Function: Work originally made for right panel of a folding screen, composed also of the paintings �Saint Mark� [FCO 2988] and �Jesus� [FCO 1444]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1647
Projeto Portinari

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