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Title
Anchieta
Description
Composition in ochre, green tones, blue, gray, and black earthy. Smooth, thick, marked strokes. Composition representing Anchieta crouched, writing in the sand, occupying the center of the area of the composition against background represented by geometrical overlapping areas, suggesting beach lanscape. The figure is from the front, kneeling on the right leg and supported by the on the left leg bent. It has very short black hair, an altar boy at the top of the head and is looking down. Supports the head in his on the left hand, whose hand is on his knee. The on the right arm is stretched and holding the hand dark rod with which writes in the sand. The figure wears black cassock with geometrical areas marking the drapery in gray tones. The sand is suggested by geometrical areas in ochre tones and the sea, for horizontal band in green-blue tones, which separates from the sky by narrow band, darker. This consists of geometrical areas where the on the right, indicating circle appears sun.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event
6
Related Document
3
Artwork Function
Small-scale color sketchArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Small-scale color sketch for the panel Anchieta [FCO 2552]
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
cardboardArtworkSurfaceType
Certificate
769
Height
36.5
Width
27.5
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Stamped signature in bottom left corner "PORTINARI*". Undated
Annotation Family
On reverse, inscription by Maria Portinari "Estudo para um painel no edifício do ‘O Cruzeiro’ pintado a óleo por meu marido Candido Portinari. Rio de Janeiro – Brasil. 25/4/72 Maria Victoria Portinari”.
