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Title
Don Quixote Charging the Windmill
Description
Composition in yellow tones, gray, earthy, black, white, blue, purple, red and green. Contour lines, dashed, colored areas and shading effects. It depicts ram lying supine D. Quixote and part of a mill blade. In the foreground, lying ram profile to the left with his head up, stretched front legs and out and stewed up supported on its hind legs that are folded. In the background, on the right, D. Quixote in a supine position, the on the left to the right diagonal, the front to back; he's raised the chest, arms bent up with hands close to her face and legs straight, wear dark armor suggesting that metal. On your on the right, one sees part of a mill blade. Don Quixote seems to have been thrown to the ground by the wind mill. Ground and background, on the right, in dotted yellow.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
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Function
Artwork Function
IllustrationArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Illustration for the book Don Quixote, by Cervantes, which was never published
Support and Technique
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
colored pencilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
cardboardArtworkSurfaceType
Collection
Collection
Dimensions
Height (cm)
29
Width (cm)
35
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
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Related Document41
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