The peasants quarrel, 1653. In a plain interor, three men are involved in a violent quarrel. One the fiercest - armed with two knives - raising one of them high - has just got up from his chair, clearly enraged. His evident adversary on the right holds just one knife, with his tall hat in his other hand as an improvised shield. A third man, seated between them, his back turned to the viewer, attempts to restrain the chief antagonist. A woman seated opposite him, flinches fearfully and protects her baby.