The painting depicts a young barefoot peasant woman lying in the middle of a pasture and lifting her right hand in which she holds threads of gossamer.

On the left, the background portrays a herd of cattle and figures of peasants seen from the distance as well as a black dog sitting and looking in their direction.

The painting is dominated by soft shades of brown and grey colours, which emphasizes the atmosphere of Indian summer.

Some of the viewers and the critics were appalled by the fact that he portrayed a dirty and barefoot peasant woman wearing simple clothes.

It rejects the consolidated conventions of representation, the academy and its norms and focuses on capturing authenticity based on empirical observation.