It depicts a European town square in twilight, with a number of women, many of whom are nude or semi-nude, scattered around the scene.

Delvaux was largely influenced by Italian painters, but the cold colour scale relates to his identity as a Northern European.

[1] Although others frequently have called Delvaux a surrealist, he repeatedly stressed that he was not an adherent of Sigmund Freud's teachings, nor did he put any psychoanalytical references in his paintings.

[2] The painting belonged to the Paul Delvaux Foundation until 2016, when it was sold as part of a fundraising campaign.

[3] The painting was sold through Sotheby's in New York on 14 November 2016 as part of the auction Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale.