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Title
Portrait of Maria Torquato
Description
Composition in light shades of earthy, ochre, gray, yellow, red, rose, and green. Smooth texture with visible brush strokes. Portrait of the artist's grandmother's bust, of a certain age, facing against geometrized background. The depicted has a round face, hair split down the middle and pulled back, big forehead wrinkled, thick eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes, hooked nose and thin lips closed and severe expression. wears neck dress close to the neck, finished off by edging that continues in front of the dress down. The background and portrayed clothes are composed of colorful and overlapping geometric areas that suggest transparency.
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
About Person
Maria TorquatoPerson
Related Event2
Related Document8
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
woodArtworkSurfaceType
DN Number
947
Height
46
Width
38
Annotation
Unsigned
Annotation Author
Dated in inscription on reverse "PARA JOÃO NO DIA QUE COMPLETOU 18 ANOS. BRODOWSKI 23 DE JANEIRO DE 1957”
Annotation Family
On reverse, inscription by Maria Portinari "ON 947”.
