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Title
The Arrival of Dom João VI to Bahia
Description
Composition in tones earthy, red, orange, yellow, blue, green, gray, white and black. Smooth texture. It depicts the royal family earthying in Bahia. Cortege taking ahead D. João VI, Carlota Joaquina and Pedro being received by a noble and religious, surrounded by popular and soldiers, seeing the background blue sea with caravels and Bahia lanscape. On the left, popular grouped in a kind of dock where you can see part of a caravel aportada, highlighting the figure of a Bahian woman with board head watching the arrival of procession taking ahead of the Royal Family. The crowd succeeds in perspective for background. In the center of the composition, tall masts with different colors flags flying. On the right grouped and little more in the background crowd, part of the city at the foot of a hill highlighting a church. In the background, blue sea with three caravels, diagonally from the left to the right and front to back along the skyline. Blue sky with some clouds.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event3
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Artwork Function
Small-scale color sketchArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Small-scale color sketch for the panel The Arrival of Dom João VI to Bahia [FCO 2404]
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
canvasArtworkSurfaceType
Previous Collection
Height
50
Width
73
Annotation
Signed in bottom left corner "C. PORTINARI". Undated
Annotation Author
Inscription in bottom left corner "2ª VERSÃO DA MAQUETE ‘CHEGADA DE D.JOÃO VI AO BRASIL’”
Annotation Exhibition
On stretcher, labels "Museu Nacional de Belas Artes Rio de Janeiro – Exposição: Portinari dez anos de morte – Junho 1972” and "Galeria Bonino. Autor: Candido Portinari. TÍTULO: Chegada de D. João VI ao Brasil – medidas 050 x 073. Procedência: atelier do artista. Notas várias: Acervo Galeria Bonino – Rio Março 1964”; inscription "BR 1969”. On back of frame, label from Transportadora Fink.
