Midday

Jan Pietersz Saenredam, after Hendrik Goltzius

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a group of four people engaged in various activities. Most of their bodies are shown, focusing primarily on their upper bodies and arms. On the left, a man is bending slightly forward, holding a saw over a bench. He has curly hair and wears a long-sleeved garment with decorative buttons. Next to him, another man is seated, working with a chisel and plane on a piece of wood. This man wears a hat, and his hair appears to be short and curly. In the center-right, a woman is seated, looking to her right where another woman is slightly leaning towards her. The seated woman has styled hair pulled back, and she wears a dress with a ruffled collar and puffed sleeves. Her hands rest on a musical instrument. The woman at her side has similarly styled hair and wears a simpler dress with a shawl. Around them are various woodworking tools and planks of wood. The background features a large building with multiple stories and a pastoral scene with a figure tending to animals under an open sky with clouds. The upper portion of the image shows a figure among the clouds, depicted as resting and holding a horn.