This is a colorful, illustrative image reminiscent of a historical painting or manuscript illustration. The scene depicts a man attempting to trap rats with a woven basket. The man is dressed in a vibrant red tunic with blue sleeves and matching blue trousers. He wears a tall, dark hat and has a mustache. He is in the act of sprinkling something (possibly grain) towards the basket, seemingly to lure the rats inside. Several brown rats are already inside the basket, while a large, gray rat stands outside, looking towards the man and the basket. The background features a landscape with rolling green hills, a body of water, and distant, pinkish-purple mountains. A single tree with sparse foliage stands near the center of the scene. A black bird is perched on one of the branches. The ground is covered in green grass, and the sky is a pale blue with some white clouds. The style of the painting is somewhat naive and flat, with a focus on bright colors and simple shapes. It evokes a sense of a folk tale or fable.