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Title
Mother
Description
Composition in ochre, blue, green, rose, black, and white earthy (support). Smooth and thick texture. Composition representing woman with dead child in her arms, occupying the entire stand area. Woman faces, kneeling with face in profile to the right. Your skin as well as the child is represented in shades of rose and green, accentuating the expressiveness of the composition. His face is well defined facial features - semi-long black hair combed back, straight forehead, almond-shaped eye to the right, revealing anguished expression, aquiline nose and lips parted. He is holding hands on her neck and arms flexed among which carries squalid dead child who is with the head and legs bent on the right down to the left. Woman is on the right knee and walking with bent fingers, on the left leg bent with foot serving to support the body. Ground dark ochre with the horizon at the time of the woman's arms. Blue sky with on the left circle in lighter shades, suggesting the moon.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event4
Related Document16
Artwork Function
Small-scale color sketchArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Small-scale color sketch for the panel War [FCO 3799]
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
plywoodArtworkSurfaceType
Technique
Support is waterproofed plywood made of cedar from a ship.
Collection
Previous Collection
Height
160
Width
110
Annotation
Signed at bottom left "PORTINARI". Undated
