Three cloaked witches in pointed hats walk away from the viewer in a loose diagonal line, placed low in the frame and receding into the mist across a marsh field. Tall dried autumn grasses and small dusty-orange wildflowers fill the foreground, while a dark tree line along a misty lake or marsh fades into the haze behind them.

A wide, empty, hazy sky sits above a low horizon about a third of the way down. Heavy fog softens every edge and blurs the middle distance, so depth comes from atmosphere rather than strong perspective. Soft, low-contrast light glows faintly through the mist, like dawn or dusk.

The fine weave of the canvas shows throughout the soft, painterly brushwork, and a faint vignette darkens the corners. A faded, antique varnish patina gives the whole scene a muted, nostalgic and slightly melancholic character.