xi ISACK VAN OSTADE 487 In the Lefebvre collection, Tournai, No. 31. Sales. Pierard of Valenciennes, Paris, March 20, 1860, No. 63 (930 francs). L. Cottreau, Paris, May 30, 1870, No. 8. 157*7. A Slaughter- House. Signed in full ; panel, 12^ inches by 12 inches. Sale. A. Pachner von Eggenstorf, Vienna, December 14, 1870, No. 16. 157^. A Slaughtering-Place. Panel, 24 inches by 1 8 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, March 28, 1876, No. 34. 157^. A Pig's Carcase. It hangs from a ladder placed against the wall near the fireplace. A butcher, conversing with a woman, puts a cloth over a basket full of scraps. A saucepan and a rope of onions hang on the wall. At the back are three children. Oval panel ; 1 1 inches by 1 1 inches. Exhibited at Brussels, 1882, No. 179. Sale. E. Ruelens, Brussels, April 17, 1883, No. 208. 158. Killing a Pig. A peasant cuts a pig's throat. An old woman catches the blood in an earthenware pot. Children look on. Panel, 9^ inches by 8^ inches. Mentioned by Paul Eudel, L' Hotel Drouot en 1885-6, p. 263. Sales. B. Ocke, Leyden, April 21, 1817, No. 94 (65 florins, Van Leen). Auguste Courtin, Paris, March 29, 1886 (2500 francs). 158*7. The Pig's Carcase. The carcase, cut open, hangs on a ladder in the left foreground of a barn. In the right background stand two children playing with the bladder. To the left of them is a window. Signed in full, and dated 1642 ; panel, 24 inches by 18 inches. Exhibited at Diisseldorf, 1886, No. 377. Sale. Ittenbach of Burg Gymnich, Cologne, November 8, 1898, No. 91. 158^. A Pig's Carcase. In an interior. Children look at it. Panel, io inches by 8 inches. Sale. Delitt and others, Cologne, February 5, 1900, No. 85. i$Sc. Killing a Pig. A family has assembled outside a cottage to see a pig killed. Panel, n inches by 13^ inches. Sale. Florsheim and others, Berlin, April 29, 1902, No. 44. 159. A Slaughtering Feast. Outside a cottage. Peasants and children. Fifteen figures. It seems genuine ; brown tone. If it is not by Isack, it is an early work of Adriaen van Ostade. Panel, 19 inches by 25 inches. Sale. Sir W. R. Williams and others, London, November 28, 1903, No. 35 (73 i s -> Colnaghi). 1 60. A PIG'S CARCASE. It hangs on a ladder placed against the wall. The bloodless white flesh contrasts vividly with the brownish-grey
