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Title
Portrait of Domingos Fernandes Alonso
Description
Composition in green tones, rose, black, white, blue, and red earthy. Smooth texture. Portrait of middle-bust old man against green background. The pictured 3/4 is facing left, looking forward. It's fat and bald with some gray hair near the ear, he has thick eyebrows and dark, almond-shaped eyes, short nose, closed lips, rounded chin followed by jowl. Wears white shirt, black jacket and blue tie with red and white detail. Plain green and light falling from the right background.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
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Function
Artwork Function
StudyArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Study for the painting Portrait of Domingos Fernandes Alonso [FCO 2943]
Support and Technique
Dimensions
Height (cm)
45.5
Width (cm)
38
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom left "PORTINARI 54"
Annotation Others
On back of frame, label "Galerie Charpentier 76, rue du FG Saint-Honoré – Paris Anjou 57-61-34-82 PORTINARI 1946”; handwritten label "9”; stamp "Ministério da Educação e Saúde xxxx Museu Nacional de Belas Artes” [despite the label, the work was not exhibited at the Galerie Charpentier; the frame is probably from another work].
