The Tramp and the Doves

The old man has perched on a cut stump with his bare feet stretched out in front of him. Two doves sit in his raised left hand, two more have come to his right, and three walk the pale ground by his soles. His shirt hangs open to the waist, the ochre trousers are darned at the knee and the straw hat is pushed back off his forehead. Sand and olive tones carry the painting; the white birds hold every accent.