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Title
Don Quixote
Description
Composition in black and white. Lines defining contours and shading setting volume, predominance of dark areas. It depicts at night, Don Quixote kneeling in front of Sancho Panza and two oxen watching the It depicts. In the foreground on the left, Don Quixote on his back slightly turned to the left, wearing armor and holding in his on the right hand, you do not see, spear. Ahead, in the background, Sancho Panza standing, facing slightly turned to the right with on the right hand near the on the left face and hand on his head. In the third plane, on the right, two oxen lying; what is ahead is in profile to the left, which is a little behind has his head resting on the back of another ox. Every design is working with tangled lines suggesting night.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Artwork Function
StudyArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Study for the drawing Sancho Panza Answers Don Quixotes Call [FCO 1231]
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
lead pencilArtMediumType
crayonArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
DN Number
160
Collection
Height
29.4
Width
28.5
Annotation
Stamped signature in bottom right corner "Portinari*". Undated
Annotation Family
On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 160” and "Nº 421”.
