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Saint Francis
Candido Portinari1944
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Draft rapid lines. Composition representing San Francisco It depicts on a hill like you're preaching to groups of people who are around you. In heaven, the on the left figure of an angel. In the center, below the holy figure, blank square.
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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: w16 x h9cm 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 207
- Notes: Support’s ogival shape accompanies the shape of the ceiling in the church’s nave.
- Inscription: On reverse, lines possibly by the artist; authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 60” and "Nº 675”.
- Function: Sketch, not used, for the mural painting Saint Francis Casting Off His Clothes [FCO 2473]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2020
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