General Info
Title
Woman Crying
Description
Composition in blue, green tones, earthy, gray and black. Smooth texture with visible brush strokes on the hands and part of clothing. Bust of woman crying occupying the entire area of support. Figure faces with expression of pain and trembling in the hands and face with deliberate represented significant deformation: closed at the chin on the right and on the left half-open head height. It has a long face, arched eyebrows down, eyes wide with thick "stone tears" falling cheeks, long, broad nose in the semi-open nostrils and mouth. wears headdress with darker edging the head, the kind used by nuns, and clothing, also trimmed, it is close to the neck, with darker drape that goes down from his on the left shoulder. Slightly geometrized background in shades of earthy and ashes.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
About
Themes
Support and Technique
Dimensions
Height (cm)
81,5
Width (cm)
66,5
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Signed and dated in top left corner "PORTINARI 1947"
Annotation Others
On stretcher, inscription "Carneiro PP of Couro [illegible] Mold. Freg”.
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