Danse de gueux

The scene shows a crowd of ragged beggars moving in a loose, dance-like formation, their tattered garments and animated postures conveying motion and irregular rhythm. The figures are arranged across a shallow arc, with a darker, cloaked figure on the left and a tall, bearded man with a staff on the right, giving a sense of narrative tension. The palette is a single brownish monochrome wash, rendered with loose, gestural lines that create a hazy, atmospheric effect typical of Dutch genre drawing in the era.