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Sancho Panza Swears Allegiance to Don Quixote

Candido Portinari1956

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in yellow tones, gray, black, blue, green, earthy, red and white. Contour lines, parallel dotted and colored areas. It depicts Sancho Panza on his knees before Don Quixote standing, seeing white horse behind. In the foreground, on the right of center, Sancho Panza on his back, kneeling, wearing white shirt and pants; it is with your arms straight up and holds the hand of Don Quixote, who is standing before him, wearing dark armor suggesting that metal with dark skirt over. Behind Don Quixote, white horse in profile standing to the left, with his head down, suggesting be grazing. On the floor to the left of Sancho Panza, straw hat with a wide brim. Background floor and yellow represented by dashed parallel lines. At the upper right corner of the composition, representation of the sun.

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  • Title: Sancho Panza Swears Allegiance to 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: w29 x h33cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:horse, human figure:group:men, diverse:literary character:D. Quixote, diverse:literary character:Sancho Panza
  • Technique: colored pencil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1230
  • Function: Illustration for the book “Don Quixote,” by Cervantes, which was never published. Don Quixote Series
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3769
Projeto Portinari

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