In the foreground several walking and talking citizens, dressed according to the fashion of ca. 1600. Front left a man and woman with a veil over their heads. In the center, a musician playing the lute and two young men walking. On the right, a group of three women and a man and a peasant woman seen from the back. Cows in the meadow. Franeker with the large church in the center ahead. Top center cartouche bearing the name: Franeker, View of Franeker 1598, print maker: Pieter Bast, (mentioned on object), Pieter Bast, (mentioned on object), Northern Netherlands, 1598, paper, engraving, h 192 mm × w 372 mm