Identification title(s): farming family at the slaughter of a pig. Object type: print album page object number: bi-1942-5-41. Catalog reference: hollstein dutch 41-8(8). Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: 'rijks / musm' (stamp similar to lugt 2166. Here a line under the m instead of two dots. ), collector's mark, verso, stamped: 'b' (rijksmuseum library. ) description: adults and some children watch attentively as a man bleeds a slaughtered pig. In the dark surroundings of a farm yard, the farmers' faces are illuminated by a candle held by a little boy. The print is part of a portfolio and is printed with three other prints on one album page. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: adriaen van ostade (mentioned on object), after drawing by: adriaen van ostadesupervision: e. H. Cook printer: j. Scheffer printer: johan enschedé & zn. Place of manufacture: haarlem. Dating: 1650 - 1654 and/or 1941. Physical characteristics: etching printed from a galvanized plate. Material: paper technique: etching / electroplating. Dimensions: plate edge: h 118 mm × w 118 mm. Subject: what: slaughtered ox or pigfarmers. Acquisition: donation 1942. Date: 1650 - 1654 en/of 1941.
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