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Saint Francis
Candido Portinari1944
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Draft rapid lines with shaved areas. Composition representing San Francisco, surrounded by various figures, suggesting movement, due to the drapery of the clothes that are outlined by sinuous lines.
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Details
- Title: Saint Francis
- 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: 1944
- Location Created: Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w32 x h20cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: religious:religious scenes:the life of Saint Francis of Assisi, religious:Saints:Saint Francis of Assisi, human figure:man
- Technique: lead pencil
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 210
- Notes: Support’s ogival shape accompanies the shape of the ceiling in the church’s nave.
- Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 250” and "Nº 639”.. Inscriptions, at bottom left, "S. Francisco se despojando das vestes 2º” and, at bottom right, "2º São Francisco se despojando das vestes”
- Function: Sketch, not used, for the mural painting Saint Francis Casting Off His Clothes [FCO 2473]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2024
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