264 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. 407. THE PIG'S CARCASE. On a post on the left inside a barn hangs a pig's carcase. To the left of it, on the ground, are vine tendrils. In front two hens are picking food. In the middle distance, near an open door leading outside, a peasant and his wife are cleaning the pig's entrails. A boy with a stick in his right hand watches them. [Possibly identical with 416^, though that may be merely a copy of this.] Signed in full on the left at foot, and dated 1643 ; panel, 24 inches by 19^ inches. In the Stadel'sches Kunstinstitut, Frankfort-on-Main, 1900 catalogue, No. 2O5A ; acquired in 1885. 408. PIG-KILLING AT NIGHT. Before a cottage on the right a group of people watch the killing of a pig. The butcher in the centre is opening the animal's jugular vein. Behind him stand two men ; opposite him a woman squats on the ground to catch the blood in a pan. In the left foreground are three little boys ; on the right are a boy and a little girl. [Possibly identical with 414^.] Signed in full, in Roman letters, on the left at foot, and dated 1637 ; panel, 6^ inches by 5^ inches. Mentioned by Parthey, ii. 209. In the collection of Freiherr von Brabeck, Hildesheim, 1792. Sale. Count von Brabeck, Count von Stolberg of Soder, Hanover, October 31, 1859, No. 189. Bequeathed by Gontard in 1892 to the Kunstinstitut. In the Stadel'sches Kunstinstitut, Frankfort-on-Main, 1900 catalogue, No. 2056. 409. THE PIG'S CARCASE. Six or seven figures in an interior. An early picture handled in a very sketchy manner. Formerly in the collection of Arthur Kay, Glasgow, who parted with it about the year 1894. 410. A Pig's Carcase. It hangs from a beam. Near it are two figures. The lighting is bright and the paint juicy. The owner regards it as a work of Isack van Ostade, but it would seem to be more correctly assigned to the early period of Adriaen. The colour of the clothing and the tone of the light are more in accord with his style than with Isack's. Oval, tall and narrow. In the Rutten collection, Liege. 411. CLEANING THE PIG'S CARCASE. Evening. An early work. In the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Magdeburg, Gruson foundation, 1907 catalogue, No. 29. 412. CLEANING THE PIG'S CARCASE. A small and genuine early work. In the collection of Albert de Meuron, who gave it to the Museum in 1897. In the Neuchatel Museum, 1898 catalogue, No. 275. 413. A PIG'S CARCASE. It hangs on a ladder. To the right
