FCO-1227

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza on Wooden HorseIllustration

1956

code

FCO-1227

CR Number

3766

dimensions

24.5 x 42 cm

Art Form

Drawing

Art Medium

colored pencil

Artwork Surface

cardboard
Is Part Of

EMPTY LABEL

Title
Don Quixote and Sancho Panza on Wooden Horse
Description
Composition in blue, black, white, yellow, earthy, green and red tones. Contour lines and parallel tracing. It depicts Don Quixote and Sancho Panza mounted on a wooden horse against background with sun and moon. The horse occupies almost all of the support area; it is in profile to the left, the joints are suggested by parallel lines and straight lines forming geometric figures. The legs are stretched forward and back and the head is raised. Don Quixote, wearing armor, faces forward, holding in his right hand a spear almost vertically. Sancho Panza is facing the back, with the head facing forward, wearing a hat, jacket and pants below the knees. Background is dotted in blue tone, and we seef beneath the animal's belly, a semi-circle in the sky to the left, the crescent moon and on the right, representation of the sun.
Related Event19
Related Document32
Artwork Function
IllustrationArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Illustration for the book “Don Quixote,” by Cervantes, which was never published
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
colored pencilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
cardboardArtworkSurfaceType
Collection
Museus Castro Maya adquirida em 1963Collection
Height
24.5
Width
42
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom right edge "Portinari 56"

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