Peasant Company in a Cottage

At the bottom right: „AV [ligated]. Ostade“; peasants in a cottage, which is divided by a partial wall; a man with jug and pipe in his hands sits on a bench and recites something funny; another peasant and an old woman sit behind a barrel, which serves as a table, and listen with amusement; behind them, the host chalks up on a board; at the front, a third peasant sits on a coarse armchair and lights his pipe; a woman sits in the background, on the left someone sleeps on a basket, and next to him, a small dog runs by; on the right, grain is stored behind a partition; a wheel and similar objects are kept under the roof; the comically ugly figures are mellowed by a delicate light, while the environment is absorbed in the twilight.