The Singer Francisco d'Andrade as Don Giovanni in Mozart's Opera (The Red d'Andrade)

This portrait marked d’Andrade’s thirtieth year on the stag. It shows the moment in the graveyard when Don Giovanni invites the statue of the Commendatore to supper. Ten years previously, Slevogt had painted a “White d’Andrade,” which had received immediate acclaim. Where portrait and character role had become one in the earlier work, the “Red d’Andrade” depicts a whole scene where the generous rhythm of the picture planes and the expressive use of colour lend the subject a somewhat disembodied, floating quality.