The scene is located in Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy, depicting a coastal view of the Ligurian Sea

The scene is located in Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy, depicting a coastal view of the Ligurian Sea. The upper two-thirds of the image show a clear blue sky with sparse, elongated white clouds horizontally positioned across the mid-sky. The lower third consists of calm, blue-green water displaying subtle surface ripples. A dilapidated wooden pier, constructed from dark, weathered planks supported by multiple vertical posts, extends from the lower-left foreground into the mid-ground, approximately parallel to the horizon line. One dark-feathered bird is perched on the pier's distal end. A white-bodied bird floats on the water directly to the right of the pier's terminus. The left background features a steep, verdant hillside covered with trees and Mediterranean vegetation, upon which stone buildings with terracotta roofs are visible. A distant, mountainous coastline with discernible urban development extends across the horizon from the center to the right. No human figures are present.