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A number of costumed figures on horseback and on foot, distributed in different groups in the foreground, are seen beside a fountain near a forest. On the left, four women wearing long dresses seem to be busy chatting and observing the two horsemen next to them. On the right-hand side of the painting two women are walking toward a third female figure, clothed in a bright yellow dress, waiting for them at the opposite side of the fountain. These imagined scenes in which elegant figures enjoy themselves in parks and gardens evoke the type of eighteenth-century French painting known as fêtes galantes. These were a favourite subject for Monticelli throughout his career. This painting is very likely a companion piece to his Meeting Place of the Hunt, also in the National Gallery, which is identical in size and painted on a matching wooden panel.