Slaughtering a Pig by Torchlight, 1637

Title

Slaughtering a Pig by Torchlight

Painter

• Adriaen van Ostade

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Oil on oak wood, reverse original, beveled on all sides

Material

• oak wood

Technique

• oil

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet unten links: Av Ostade 16[.]7 [Av ligiert]

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1892 as bequest by Moritz Gontard

Genre

• genre
• nocturne

Main Motif

• woman
• child
• man
• group of people
• animal
• building

Primary

• 41C691 slaughtered ox or pig
• 46A14 farmers
• 46AA14 farmers - AA - female farmer, farmer's wife
• 31D14 adult man
• 31D15 adult woman
• 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden
• 31D11221 boy (child between toddler and youth)

Secondary

• 22C9 darkness
• 41B32 torch
• 41A775 wooden container: barrel, cask
• 47D8(KNIFE) tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: knife
• 47I17(STRAW) agricultural products and by-products: straw