An autumn valley opens toward a river, with a house, a village, and a church arranged across the rural landscape. Fields occupy the foreground and middle distance, while hills and forest frame the settlement. The setting sun appears above the valley, and its light reaches the evening sky and scattered clouds. Trees with leaves, flowers, stones, and a bridge add smaller elements around the water, whose surface holds a visible reflection. The house and church remain visible near the village beyond the river. The broad panorama brings the river, field, village, and surrounding hills into one continuous landscape.