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Title
Portrait of Monsignor André Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti
Description
Composition in violet tones, lilac, red, earthy, ochre and white. Smooth texture. Portrait of Bishop sat with curtains and table in the background. The figure is in the center of the composition, 3/4 turned to the left, sitting in high-backed chair, whose arms end in volitas. The pictured has oval face, smooth skin, flush cut hair and well spoken entries. It wears transparent glasses round lenses, under which are seen bushy eyebrows and hazel eyes funds. Straight nose, mouth arrebitando thin in the corners and the pit above the chin. The arms are resting on the chair arms and wears a ring on the third finger of the on the right hand. Wears violet cloak on income ratchet. On the shore and in the upper on the right corner, representing "bandeau" a curtain finished off by tassels. In the upper on the left angle of a picture hung on the wall. Plain background in tone violet ground.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
About Person
André ArcoverdePerson
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Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
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Notes Collection
Work commissioned by parishioners of the Freguesia da Lagoa, who gave it to the sitter as a gift.
Height
149
Width
120
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Signed at bottom right "CPortinari". Undated
