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Sancho Panza Sleeping on Horseback and Revered by People

Candido Portinari1956

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black tones, yellow, earthy, blue, green, orange, violet and white. Contour lines, and dashed straight and parallel. It depicts Sancho, on a horse, sleeping with the group of figures around as if they were venerating against a yellow background. In the foreground, on the right, Sancho, too fat, inclined backwards mounted harnessed horse chest and plume. To the left, a group of two women kneeling, his back, his arms stretched forward; a man with curved trunk; two other women also kneeling and five men and children also around Sancho Panza with his arms up, some kneeling. Further down, on the right, more compact group of people assembled on horseback, facing, also looking toward Sancho Panza. Background yellow and represented by dashed ground, and to the right of center, one sees counter with grid with two outlined figures.

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  • Title: Sancho Panza Sleeping on Horseback and Revered by People
  • 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: w48 x h35cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:donkey, Nature:Animals:horse, human figure:group:men, human figure:group:women, diverse:literary character:Sancho Panza
  • Technique: colored pencil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right edge "Portinari 56"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1225
  • Function: Illustration for the book “Don Quixote,” by Cervantes, which was never published. Don Quixote Series
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3763
Projeto Portinari

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