486 ISACK VAN OSTADE SECT. 154. Peasants killing a Pig near a Thatched Cottage. Panel, u inches by 10 inches. Sale. Steyaert, Paris, March 14, 1843, No. 44. 155. A Pig's Carcase. On a ladder. Near it are a peasant and children. Panel, 23 inches by 20 inches. Sale. J. A. A. de Lelie and others, Amsterdam, July 29, 1845, No. 164 (99 florins, De Lelie). 1550. A Pig's Carcase. It hangs on a ladder in an interior. Sale. B. de Harde Swart and others, Amsterdam, November 1 6, 1847, No. 236 (13 florins, Engelberts). 155^. Flemish Butchers. A composition with five figures. Sale. Bertrand, Paris, November 13, 1855, No. 138. 155*:. A Pig's Carcase. It hangs in the foreground of an interior. Signed in full ; panel, 22| inches by 15 inches. Sale. Count von Brabeck and Count Andreas von Stolberg, Hanover, October 31, 1859, No. 190. 155^. A Pig's Carcase. On a ladder. Signed in full. Sale. Amsterdam, August 21, 1860, No. 308. 155*. A Pig's Carcase. It hangs from a ladder in a cottage. The carcase is opened, showing the entrails. A man cuts the joint of the leg. On the right are a pot of blood, a cask, an axe, tubs, jugs, blocks, a knife, and a cabbage. On the ground to the left is a large bottle. At the back two children play with the bladder. Panel, 19 J inches by 25 inches. Mentioned by Descamps, ii. 180. In the Van Bremen collection. Sale. Count Koucheleff-Besborodko of St. Petersburg, Paris, June 5, 1869, No. 23. 156. A Pig's Carcase. It hangs on a ladder in a cottage. An old woman, bending over a cask, washes the entrails. A man standing near prepares them. Three grotesquely dressed children play with the bladder. A dog near them eats some of the flesh. Nearer the front three hens pick up scraps. Signed in full ; panel, 16 inches by 19 inches. Sale. Baron H. von Mecklenburg, Paris, March 12, 1870, No. 29 (2650 francs). 157. Killing a Pig. Outside the door of a cottage a peasant on the threshold has cut the throat of a pig. A woman catches the blood. Round them are a group of spectators. Signed in full, and dated 1644 ; oval panel, 8 inches by 6 inches or the reverse.
