Based on an original painting by J.B. Oudry (1686-1755), the full scene depicts the Four Seasons. Deer are daring out of the woods, a duck and quail feast on grapes and melons that have spilled from a hastily abandoned vat, and, to the right, a cock attempts to intimidate a hunting dog, and in the process, causes a pair of mallards to take the air. Two doves hopping about amorously near a blooming bush and a young lamb nibbling young shoots. When summer has come, the reaper has laid his sickle down on the freshly cut sheaves, a shepherd dog watches his flock and the flowers and trees yield bright blossoms.