1802
unspecified
From the collection of Culturgest
Appeal by Inês de Castro is a 1802 unspecified by Vieira Portuense, a Neoclassicism work, held at Culturgest.
This painting shows a man in a red cape holding a child. The man wears a white shirt with gold dots and a black hat. A woman in a yellow dress kneels beside them, reaching out to the child. Another woman in a red dress stands behind the child. In the background, there's a mirror, a table with a vase, and a picture on the wall of a man on a horse. The scene seems to be set in a room with a rug on the floor. The colors are muted, with lots of yellows, reds, and browns. The overall mood is somber. To learn more about the artist's use of light and shadow, look up the technique of chiaroscuro.
Francisco Vieira (13 May 1765 – 2 May 1805), who chose the artistic name of Vieira Portuense, was a Portuguese painter, one of the introducers of Neoclassicism in Portuguese painting.
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