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Burgkmair employed the woodcut process, carving the design into a wood block, inking the raised surfaces, and transferring the image onto laid paper. The stark black‑and‑white contrast and the linear, somewhat coarse rendering are characteristic of early 16th‑century printmaking, a medium valued for its reproducibility.

Created in the early Reformation period, the print reflects the era’s interest in depicting everyday life. While specific ownership records are scarce, the work survives in several museum collections, attesting to the durability of woodcut prints and their circulation among early modern audiences.

The image aligns with Burgkmair’s broader output, which often combined genre scenes with detailed natural settings. In the early 1500s, woodcuts served both decorative and didactic purposes, disseminating visual narratives to a literate and illiterate public alike.