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Title
Saint Francis
Description
Composition in black and white. Contour lines, shading, to raster expansion, lines in the horizontal and vertical 1 x 1 cm grid and suggesting tiles, with lines diagonally 3 x 3 cm. Composition representing San Francisco occupying almost the entire area of the support. The saint stands in profile to the right; It has elongated head with schematized facial features, hair around the head, crown, eye facing forward, indicated nose suggesting almost a triangle, parted lips and beard suggestion. wear robe with hood lying on his back, whose drapery is indicated by lines vertically and sandals with strap passing through his fingers. He has bent arms and forth, hands splayed legs apart and seeing it earlier on the left than the on the right.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event6
Related Document18
Artwork Function
Small-scale cartoonArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Small-scale cartoon for the tile panel Saint Francis of Assisi [FCO 2474]
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
lead pencilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
tracing paperArtworkSurfaceType
Technique
Support affixed to cardboard.
Height
32
Width
20.5
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
Annotation Author
Inscriptions, at right edge, "1 2 3 4 5”; at bottom left, "7”
Annotation Family
At bottom edge, inscription by Maria Portinari "Nº 236 Desenho de Candido Portinari, autenticado Maria Victoria Portinari”.
Annotation Others
On back of frame, label from Artefact framing house; inscription "42”. On reverse, inscriptions "2A” and "nº 236”.
