 The composition includes allusions to the aristocratic pursuit of hunting such as the dog in the foreground and the falcon on the right.Some couples on the right have separated themselves from the revelers at the table and their amorous intentions are all too clear.In most cases the moralizing message of a 'buitenpartij' is to warn the viewers to distance themselves from the pleasures and excesses depicted, as these should be morally condemned as a frivolous waste of time and as worldly vanity.