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Title
Hans and Indians
Description
Composition in black and white. Contour lines and watercolor touches. It depicts indigenous in Taba. In the foreground, palisade across the entire width of the center composition having one pole stuck in the ground with skull at the tip. In the background, on the left, a hollow front; the middle five indigenous sitting on the floor in a circle having the center of the figure nude Hans Staden front. In the background on the left bank of a river with four canoes. Sky with moon represented by a man and several scattered stars. Watery touches throughout the area of the composition.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event9
Related Document4
Artwork Function
IllustrationArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Illustration for the book Descrição verdadeira de um país..., by Hans Staden, which was never published
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
India ink penArtMediumType
India ink washArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Certificate
199
DN Number
646.2
Collection
Previous Collection
Height
23
Width
28
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
Annotation Family
On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 646(2)” and "Nº 944”.
