Auction 155 Antiques & Works of Art, Silver & Jewellery

800

Rooster

Moura Girão (1840-1916)


Estimate

18.000 - 25.000


Session 3

17 December 2025



Description

Oil on canvas
Signed and dated 1888

207x124 cm (com moldura)
202x110 cm (sem moldura)


Additional Information

This painting is reproduced in the raisonné catalog, dated 1983, by Manuel Nunes Correia, where it is described as follows "Theme: a powerful rooster in the center of capoeira, strewn with herbs, wild flowers, such as marigolds, poppies, leaves of jero, and stems of palaco. The painting is framed by the rim of a wooden door, overflowing a part of the aforementioned greenery "

Literature:
Correia, Manuel Nunes, "Moura Girão. 1840 -1916", Edição do autor, Lisboa



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