Factors - Butteri and oxen

The work can be defined as a genre scene, that is, the depiction of an episode of everyday life that, apparently, lacks any significant element. These types of domestic subjects were long considered minor and only began to spread in Western art starting in the 17th century. Only with the development of 19th-century realism did everyday subjects become considered as important as historical or religious ones. The Impressionists, in particular, favored subjects related to modern life in urban and bourgeois settings, while in Italy, movements such as the Divisionists and the Macchiaioli focused on themes related to work and life in the fields. The execution of this work is similar to this tradition, especially that of the Macchiaioli.

The artist's style presents a perfect fusion of realism and a delicate, impressionistic rendering of sensory details. On the one hand, the artist precisely describes the pastoral scene in all its details, with a strong sense of everyday, popular reality. On the other, his refined pictorial technique allows him to convey a sense of immediacy to the painting, thanks to rapid brushstrokes charged with atmospheric vibrations. The light thus reverberates on the subjects and the surrounding landscape, but without interfering with the precise description of reality. The entire view is thus characterized by a clear luminosity that is revealed, by contrast, in the play of shadows. The use of a palette of soft, delicate colors also serves this purpose.

Fattori, the artist behind this work, stands out for his simple and direct style, which embodies a genuinely realistic conception of artistic creation. In his work, sensory data is not idealized but rather reproduced as it is in reality. For this reason, his figurative language draws on life-like reproduction but is distinguished by a certain impressionistic approach that brings a lively and immediate quality to the representation.

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