Description

Dark painting of a Saint in a shoemaker’s shop. At the top of the image, the Saint sits behind a table against a dark red background. He is depicted from the waist up and is the largest figure in the image. He wears a brown hat with gold accents, an orange cape with gold embroidery and a draped brown and yellow-white robe with yellow and red at the waist. There is a yellow halo around the man’s head. He has long brown hair, a brown mustache and beard and holds a black staff in his right hand. His left hand gestures with the index and middle finger upraised. Hanging from the upper right and left corners are bright red curtains that are tied back. Under each curtain, there is a man standing with his hands clasped in prayer. The men wear blue swashbuckler-style hats with gold trim; red tunics with yellow-white, black and gold trim; short blue pants; and black shoes with gold accents. The Saint is seated behind a table covered by a green and gold tablecloth. There are five pairs of black and gold boots and two pairs of horseshoes on top of the table. Also, there is a flat orange object that is shaped like a rectangle with two triangles attached to one of its long sides. In front of the table, in the foreground, five small men cobble shoes in various stages. All of the cobblers wear black wide-brimmed hats, yellow-white button down shirts, red belts, black pants with gold stripes and black sandals. The cobbler in the middle has a halo around his head. The canvas is nailed to a wooden frame and then held within a larger wooden frame. On the back of the object, there is a piece of tape with a number written on it in pencil.