An unusual Zermatt scene as it looks away from the village to the north and back down the valley, Abrate painted it from where the Winkelmatten bridge crosses the Vispa river. Today, the river has concrete embankments where it flows through the town which has considerably narrowed its meander and width. The mountain flanks far off on the right-hand side are the lower slopes of the Mischabel range which divide the Zermatt and Saas Fee valleys.