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Portinari

American  
[pawr-tee-nah-ree] / pɔr tiˈnɑ ri /

noun

  1. Cândido 1903–62, Brazilian painter.


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Five works by the Brazilian artist Candido Portinari that were also taken during the robbery have not yet been recovered.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Prints by Portinari, who is well known in Brazil but not a household name globally, rarely top $20,000, according to auction database Artnet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

The oil-on-canvas portrait is by Candido Portinari, and is the only portrait for which the wife of Argentine ruler Juan Peron is known to have sat.

From Reuters ● Jul. 25, 2022

They join Beatrice Portinari and Francesca da Rimini, the only two historical women from the "Divine Comedy" who had acceptable entries on Wikipedia prior to our work.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2021

The Portinari celebrated May royally in 1275, inviting all their friends to a blithe gathering.

From Heroes of Modern Europe by Alice Birkhead

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