General Info
Title
Portrait of Riette Mendes de Almeida
Description
Composition in blue tones (predominant), ochre, rose, earthy, and red. Smooth texture. Portrait of woman half-length, against blue background. The portrayed is slightly turned to the left, you have a long face, dark and short hair parted on the right and fallen over his forehead. Thin eyebrows and straight, brown eyes facing forward, slightly hooked nose, well-marked lips painted red, rounded chin. Rosy cheeks and bright and dark spots are distributed over the face. Wears dark blue jacket with collar edged in lighter shade. Might blue plain background.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
About
About Person
Riette Mendes de AlmeidaPerson
Support and Technique
Dimensions
Height
60
Width
50
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Signed at bottom left "C.PORTINARI" and on reverse of support "CPortinari". Undated
Annotation Exhibition
On reverse, stamp "Exposição Geral de Bellas Artes 1927”.
Annotation Others
On reverse, inscription "Riette Buarque de Macedo [...]”.
Relations
Related Document10
Related Event2
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