x ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 265 are two figures. Very yellow in tone. The picture strongly reminds one, especially in the figures, of Isack van Ostade, to whom it might be ascribed were it not signed with the apparently genuine monogram of Adriaen. Dr. Bode regards it as the work of Adriaen. In default of a critical examination, it may be suggested that the " A " in the monogram has possibly been altered from the original " I." In the collection of Adolf Thiem, San Remo. 41 3#. Killing an Ox. Sale. Amsterdam, April 17, 1708, No. 62. 413^. A Pig's Carcase on a Ladder. Sale. Jacob van Hoek, Amsterdam, April 12, 1719 (Hoet, i. 221), No. 8 (140 florins). 413*:. A Pig's Carcase. A butcher hangs it on a ladder. Three figures. 8J inches by ii| inches. Sale. Count Fraula, Brussels, July 21, 1738 (Hoet, i. 550), No. 369 (25 florins. . A Pig- Killer. Sale. Amsterdam, April 27, 1740 (Hoet, ii. 3), No. 44 (50 florins). 413*. A Pig's Carcase. ii inches by 12^ inches. Sale. Cornelis van Lill, Dordrecht, June 18, 1743 (Hoet, ii. 93), No. 29 (45 florins). 413/and^. Two Pictures of Pig- Killing. Sale. G. and W. van Berckel, Amsterdam, March 24, 1761, No. 74. 4- l 3gg- Killing a Pig. In a rustic interior a pig's carcase hangs from a ladder. By the fireside at the back are two peasants, a woman cleaning the entrails, and, * farther away, two children playing with a bladder. Copper, 13^ inches by 16 inches. Sale. C. van Limburg, widow of A. de Haan, Amsterdam, November 5, 1761, No. i (525 florins, Yver for Van Slingeland). 413/1. Slaughtering-Time in the Country. A pig's carcase hangs on a ladder. Various figures. There is nothing to show which of the Ostades painted it. [Pendant to 684^.] 9 inches by ii inches. Sale. Amsterdam, September 26, 1763, No. 149. 41 3*. A Pig's Carcase. On a ladder in a rustic interior. A man and woman are cleaning the entrails. Panel, 18 inches by 14 inches. Sale. (Supplementary) Amsterdam, June 4, 1766, No. 75.
