Greedy and Lazy, Moderate and Industrious
1850
oil
From the collection of Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
1850
oil
From the collection of Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
This painting shows a pig and a donkey eating leaves from a pile of vegetables. The pig is on the left, and the donkey is on the right. The pig is light brown, and the donkey is dark brown. There are some words written in the top-left corner, but they are hard to read. The background is a light-brown color. The painting looks old and a bit worn out. It seems to be telling a story about the pig and the donkey. The artist, Charles Verlat, might have wanted to show the difference between these two animals.
