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Title
Saint Francis of Assisi
Description
Composition in tones earthy, white, black, green and blue. Smooth texture, scraped effects and outline in black lines. Composition representing San Francisco with a bird in the hand occupying almost the entire support area against stoned background in earthy-red tone. The figure has represented the skin in shades of light green-gray, is slender, is standing and facing. wears cassock in shades earthy with hood that covers her head with drapery marked by scraping the pigment. It has long face, wrinkles on the forehead, big eyes wide apart, broad nose, beard, mustache and long neck. You have the on the right arm along the body and the on the left bent at chest level in whose hand is resting a blue bird, profile on the left. It has the slightly apart and feet bare legs.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
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Artwork Function Description
Work originally made for right panel of a folding screen, composed also of the paintings Saint Mark [FCO 2988] and Jesus [FCO 1444]
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
temperaArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
woodArtworkSurfaceType
Certificate
47
Height
140
Width
35
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Signed and dated in top right corner "PORTINARI 1942"
Annotation Others
On back of frame, inscription "SÃO FRANCISCO”.
