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266 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. 413;'. Killing a Pig. Evening. Sale. Haarlem, December 3, 1771, No. 4. 413^. A Pig's Carcase. In a butcher's shop. On the left are a woman making sausage and two children at play. Panel, n inches by 10 inches. Sale. Chevalier Dormer, Antwerp, May 27, 1777, No. 82 (44 florins, Schermeester). 414. The Pig's Carcase. It hangs on a ladder, beneath some vine tendrils, in full sunlight. In the shadowed background a woman and a child stir a pot with a stick. Panel, 18 inches by 15^ inches. Sale. Servad, Paris, June 25, 1778, No. 61 (75 florins, Coljer). 414^. A Pig's Carcase. It hangs on a ladder in front of a house. Near it are a cask and some baskets. Farther back a boy blows out a bladder ; a girl watches him. Panel, 29 inches by 24 inches. Sale. Jan Maul and others, Leyden, September 28, 1782, No. 70 (39 florins, Heenk). 414^. Killing a Pig. In front of a cottage men and children watch a butcher killing a pig. A woman catches the blood in a pan. Lightly drawn and well executed. [Possibly identical with 408.] Panel, 7^ inches by 5 inches. Sale. S. Stinstra, Amsterdam, March 26, 1783, No. 98 (5 florins 5, Yver). 414^. The Pig's Carcase. In a rustic interior a man is cutting up the carcase of a pig which hangs on a ladder on the left. Another man holds a candle to light him at his work. Three children play with the bladder in the right background. Panel, 10 inches by 9^ inches. Probably the original of the mezzotint by J. de Groot. Sale. Amsterdam, April 9, 1783, No. 40. 414^. A Pig's Carcase. It hangs on a ladder in front of a house. A woman is beside a pump. Panel, 21^ inches by 17^ inches. Sale. P. A. J. KnijfF, Antwerp, July 18, 1785, No. 165 (51 florins, Van den Berge). 415. Killing an Ox. In front of a rustic building overgrown with vine stands a butcher with hatchet upraised to kill an ox that comes out at a door and is firmly held by another man. Several persons look on. Canvas, 16^ inches by 19 inches. Sale. Leyden, August 26, 1788, No. no (533 florins, Delfos). 415*7. A Pig's Carcase. It hangs from a ladder in front of a cottage. A butcher is cleaning it. There are other figures. Sale. Amsterdam, September 13, 1797, No. 112 (39 florins, Coders).