General Info
Title
Cows and Horses
Description
Composition in black and white. Sketch lines. On the right half of the support, draft four animals. At the top, representing a calf with a horse on a smaller scale, below it, in profile to the left. At the bottom on the left, Profile cow sketch to the left with head almost in front and hanging bell around his neck and horse sketch, to a lesser extent that of other animals, in profile to the left and on the right front paw raised .
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Function
Artwork Function
SketchArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Sketch
Support and Technique
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
lead pencilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Technique
Work executed on back of a reproduction of a work by painter Tintoretto.
Authenticity
DN Number
279
Collection
Collection
Dimensions
Height (cm)
26
Width (cm)
38
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
Annotation Family
In top half, inscriptions by Maria Portinari "Nº 873 Desenhos de autoria de Candido Portinari, autenticado por Maria Victoria Portinari” and "DN 279”.
Annotation Others
In left half, printed inscription "I.D.E.A. Filli ALINARI Soc.An. FIRENZE VIA NAZIONALE 8 CASA FONDATA NEL 1854 "DISEGNI DEI GRANDI MAESTRI N. 1100 TINTORETTO Scena Mitologica VENEZIA R. ACCADEMIA”.
