Landscape from the Sabine Mountains

A tall, wide-branched tree rises in the centre of the picture. A path runs past it from the right, leading to an arched bridge on the left. This bridge crosses a small stream that runs through the picture from right to left, often obscured by rocks and bushes, and has formed a small waterfall at the bottom left, near which a woman is drawing water with a jug. A bagpiper rides over the bridge on a mule, behind him sits another boy, while a young girl swinging a tambourine dances in front of him. Behind the bridge and the tree, the steep path to a castle on the hill becomes visible. Next to the tree is a monk in a brown habit, who is giving a boy and a little girl a cross to kiss. On the right, next to two pine trees on a raised rock, there is an osteria. Below it is an arbour covered by vines, where men and women are sitting at a table laden with food. The landlord stands in front of the arbour, pouring wine from a jug into a glass. On the path in the foreground, accompanied by two dogs, comes a hunter, whom a young prostitute is trying to persuade to enter the arbour. Over the rocky slope behind the osteria three horsemen ride down to the valley.

monogrammed lower right: J. K.