The scene is a detailed, traditional oil painting capturing a quiet moment after a hunt. Two horses stand prominently in the center foreground, one a deep bay and the other a darker, near-black color, both equipped with saddles. Beside them, three hunting dogs of different breeds—one white, one tan, and one black—are positioned on the stone steps leading to a wooden doorway. In the lower left, the scene includes the harvest of the hunt, featuring a stag and a hare resting on the ground.
The setting is a rustic stone dwelling surrounded by lush, overgrown greenery. An ivy-covered trellis climbs up the wall beside the doorway, providing a soft, natural backdrop. A prominent feature on the wall above the doorway is the mounted head of a large stag, which creates a thematic connection to the game lying on the ground below. The composition is balanced and narrative, drawing the viewer's eye from the resting wildlife in the bottom corner up toward the horses and the architecture.
The color palette is earthy and warm, dominated by natural tones of sienna, deep browns, greens, and stone grays. The light appears gentle and dappled, filtering through the foliage to create soft highlights on the horses' coats and the stone floor. The painting style is realistic with fine brushwork, evocative of 19th-century European sporting art, emphasizing texture in the animal fur, the weathered wood of the door, and the organic patterns of the climbing vines.