Subject and Composition: The composition is vertical and plays on the contrast between the shadow areas in the foreground and the vivid light that hits the building in the background, painted with a bright ochre yellow. The presence of some human figures (a woman on the left leaning against a low wall and a figure climbing the stairs) gives the scene a sense of everyday and domestic life, typical of the poetics of "true".
Technique and Style: The technique is characterized by a material brushstroke, almost divisionist in some places, which breaks down the light on the rough surfaces of the stone and plaster. The use of a tablet as a support (on which the canvas is applied) suggests that it is a work performed "from life", or at least with the immediacy typical of open-air studies.
Signature: The signature "Adolfo Tommasi" at the bottom right is drawn with the author's typical cursive handwriting, with the characteristic flourish on the "T".
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SILVER Seller in La-Spezia, Italia
