A powerful struggle unfolds at the center, where a massive boar twists and bares its tusks as it is surrounded by a pack of hounds and hunters. The animal’s bristling fur and gaping mouth are rendered with energetic, textured brushwork, capturing the violence of the hunt. To the right, a muscular male figure in a red garment lunges forward, thrusting a spear toward the boar’s head, his body tense and his expression intent.

Several dogs leap and snarl around the boar’s body, their forms overlapping in a tangle of limbs and fur, some already wounded or trampled beneath the animal’s weight. Behind the central figures, two mounted hunters raise their arms, one gesturing upward, the other gripping a spear, their horses rearing in the shadowy background. A dense, dark forest rises behind the action, its foliage painted in deep browns and greens that nearly swallow the upper half of the scene.

To the far left, a warm orange sky glows through the trees, suggesting either dawn or dusk, and casting a golden light that touches the edges of the figures and animals. The composition is tightly packed, with the main action pressed into the foreground and the figures arranged in a sweeping arc around the boar, guiding the viewer’s gaze from left to right. Loose, expressive brushstrokes give the surface a sense of movement and urgency, especially in the rendering of fur, fabric, and foliage.

The overall palette is dominated by earthy browns, reds, and ochres, with flashes of white and pink in the figures’ flesh and garments.