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Saint Matthew
Candido Portinari1957
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Predominance of fast angular features and dashed. Study representing Matthew and an Angel, one facing the other. The saint is on the left standing, and wears long tunic; The Archangel is the profile of on the right to on the left, holding with both hands a kind of guided open book. Also wears long tunic and no suggestion of wings. Background with dashed.
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Details
- Title: Saint Matthew
- 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: 1957
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w8 x h17cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: religious:angel, religious:Saints:Saint Matthew, human figure:man
- Technique: lead pencil
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 363
- Notes: Support affixed to Bristol board.
- Inscription: Inscription at top edge "MAT HE US”. On reverse, lines possibly by the artist; authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 111” and "Nº 796”.
- Function: Study for folding screen or tryptic; not executed
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4123
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