Iron

Composition in black and brown. Contour lines and shading. It depicts metalworkers working in iron casting. Six workers of robust build, spread environment with wall brick background and doors arched, suggesting a workshop of metallurgy. In the foreground, center, man standing back to back, with the head turned to the right and down, holding a stick or tube on the left diagonal to on the right and from top to bottom. He is with his legs apart, on the right ahead to the left, wears shirt, pants rolled up and is barefoot. In front of composition on the left in a box with the entries on "SXM 1/2" and front "XM"; a thin tube horizontally; and on the right corner, a barrel with a stream of thick links above. In front of man, and a paddle screw key. In the background, on the right, worker standing, with the body leaning profile to the left, with arms down to pick up a piece that looks like a way to cast iron. It has defined facial features, wears short-sleeved shirt, pants rolled up and is barefoot. To the left, a man standing in front, holding in both hands, various tubes. He's with his head bent down, has defined facial features, is shirtless, wears pants rolled up and is barefoot. In the workers' means, on the floor, a rectangular iron bar diagonally to the bottom. On the third level, behind the second worker, various forms of iron feet, arranged symmetrically, making a rectangle to the bottom, with a higher round container in the middle. On the right, another worker in the same position of the third worker. Further back, a sloping worker profile to the left and deeper, another worker standing in front, carrying stack of pipes in his arms. In the background, brick wall with two doors, through which are seen two large cylinders in an upon the right and on the right, in front of the wall, a high iron container.