General Info
Title
Landscape of Petrópolis
Description
Composition in green tones, blue, rose, earthy, gray, yellow and white. Smooth texture. Mountain lanscape with houses in front. In the foreground, to the left, forming an angle at the bottom on the left, a house without apparent roof, with two long windows. Cutting across the width of the composition, a dark horizontal band with two poles around. Behind the fence, a narrower range than the first, represented by fine strokes in shades of green, yellow and blue. In the background, on the left of center, we see only the roof of two other home waters in diagonal position with a blue spot out of the roof. On the right, a little further up, another house with roof 1/2 water. on the far right, leaning against the edge of the support, a hill with thick vegetation. In the third level, the center, another house in diagonal, with gable roof and without representation of doors or windows. The three houses with roofs are placed on a strip of earthy in dark green and higher than the foreground area. Background in lighter shades of green, with dimples on the ground and a jagged range suggesting a valley, or road, cutting the width of the composition; dark green high mountains and blue sky with scattered clouds.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Support and Technique
Collection
Collection
Previous Collection
Dimensions
Height (cm)
45
Width (cm)
55
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Signed and dated in bottom left corner "PORTINARI 1952"
Annotation Others
On reverse, inscription "N. POR 1 C-1012 CANDIDO PORTINARI "Paisagem de Brodósqui” óleo sobre tela /46x55"; inscriptions "C.1012” and "A.896”. On stretcher, metal plate "BANCO CENTRAL DO BRASIL 099969-5 Patrimônio”; inscriptions "A 896” and "45 55”; stamp from Minerva framing house.
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