DrawingsDutch17th century

Peasant Slaughtering a Pig

17th century

Artists

Adriaen van OstadeArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

6.4 × 3.8 cm (2 1/2 × 1 1/2 in.)

Provenance

William Esdaile, London (Lugt 2617, mount, lower right). [Sotheby's, London, March 21, 1973, lot 67 (as Dusart)]. [Gebr. Douwes, Amsterdam], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, 1973

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