482 ISACK VAN OSTADE SECT. Signed at foot with the monogram ; panel, 7 inches by 9 inches. In the Grand Ducal Museum, Darmstadt, 1885 catalogue, No. 381. 149. INTERIOR WITH A PIG'S CARCASE. In a stable a butcher stands haggling with a woman. In the right background a maid- servant scours kitchen utensils. Signed in full ; panel, 14 inches by 19 inches. In the collection of M. Neven, Cologne, sold March 17, 1879 ; but not mentioned in the sale catalogue. In the collection of Alfred Thieme, Leipzig, who gave it to the Museum in 1886. In the Leipzig Museum, 1903 catalogue, No. 565. 150. THE PIG'S CARCASE. It hangs on a ladder in a barn. To the right are pots and a chest, near which is a man. On the left, by the carcase, are three children j one blows out the bladder. In the left background two other figures are by the hearth. In a warm brown tone, recalling very forcibly the early work of Adriaen van Ostade. Signed in full, with an illegible date ; panel, 13 inches by 18 inches. Acquired in 1890 by the London dealer Martin Colnaghi. In the collection of the late Alfred Thieme, Leipzig, 1900 catalogue, No. 62 W. Bode's introduction, p. 31. 151. THE PIG'S CARCASE. In the interior of a cottage a pig's carcase is stretched on a ladder leaning against the left wall. In front of it, to the left, is a door, with the upper half open. In the right background a woman, seen half from the back and half from the right, bends over a tub. Behind her to the right a man stands up. To the right, in front of this group, three children watch a fourth who blows out a bladder. Signed in full, and dated 1645 or 1643 ; panel, 22| inches by 20 inches. Given to the Museum by Alexandre Leleux, 1873. In the Lille Museum, 1893 catalogue, No. 582 (old No. 403). 152. KILLING A PIG. Outside a house. Small figures. Cloudy sky. In the Nimes Museum, Gower collection, No. 138. 153. A Pig's Carcase. It hangs from a ladder placed against the outer wall of a cottage. Two men, one of whom holds a knife in his teeth, remove the entrails. On either side are two children. By the cottage to the right is a man drinking from a small jug with a handle. In the left distance is a village with a church-tower. A fine little sketch. Signed in full ; panel, small. Mentioned by Olaf Granberg, Les Collections Privees de la Suede, 1886, i. 213, No. 364. In the Steenbock collection, Stockholm. 153*7. A Pig's Carcase. On a ladder. Sale. Cornells Dusart, Haarlem, August 21, 1708, No. 264.
