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Teresinha and Pope Leo XIII
Candido Portinari1933
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition unidentified tones. Predominantly shaded. It depicts kneeling girl against the Pope. In the foreground, kneeling girl on her back, looking up her hair with two braids fallen back, facing the Pope. The man is sitting front in high-backed chair, with his hands resting on his knees. He has a thin face, suggested facial features; wears tunic long and skullcap. Background with shaded suggesting clouds.
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Details
- Title: Teresinha and Pope Leo XIII
- 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: 1933
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: religious:religious scenes:the life of Saint Tereza, religious:eclesiastic:Pope, human figure:child:girl
- Technique: medium unidentified
- Signature: Signed and dated in bottom right corner "Portinari 933"
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 4610
- Function: Illustration no. 7 for the book Presença de Santa Teresinha, by Ribeiro Couto
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-436
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