Oil on canvas, 44.5×53.5 cm
Signed at lower right
Before 1905
Manciano, private collection
Exhibited in Rome in 1905, the painting is one of a group of works in which Pascucci studies the effects of artificial light in dark environments to draw forth vivid plays of colour. The oil lamp illuminating the cobbler’s bench creates evocative reflections on the workmen’s white shirts, to the point of dissolving the design in a sketchy execution of significant emotional effect.