This excellent example of the collaboration between Brueghel and Momper depicts simple rural life in Flanders, joining the genre of landscape painting with that of everyday life. The groups of figures were made by Brueghel, while Momper painted the landscape, with his characteristh violet tonalities in the background.

Here, Momper abandons his broad panoramas in favor of a more realistic perspective closer to the work of Dutch landscape painters and much more in keeping with the true nature of the Low Countries. Brueghel based his group of villagers on very well-known models from scenes of country life by his father, Pieter Brueghel “the Elder” (Ca. 1525/30 - 1569). The collaboration of the two painters perfectly captures the bustling city market, in contrast with the placid —even visually— laundry at the right of the composition. The open countryside in the background adds to this painting's profound sensation of tranquility.

This work is documented in the Royal Collection since at least 1700, when it hung in the Zarzuela Palace.