1665
oil
panel
From the collection of Kröller-Müller Museum
A Pig's Carcass is a 1665 oil by Adriaen van Ostade, a Dutch Golden Age work, depicting Pig, held at Kröller-Müller Museum.
This painting shows a pig carcass hanging from a wooden frame. The pig's skin is white, and its insides are red. There are some wooden objects in the background, and a bowl on the floor. The painting is very detailed, and you can see the texture of the pig's skin and the wood. The colors are muted, with lots of browns and grays. The overall mood is somber and serious. If you're interested in learning more about the artist who created this piece, you might want to look up Adriaen van Ostade.
Adriaen van Ostade (baptized as Adriaen Jansz Hendricx 10 December 1610 – buried 2 May 1685) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of genre works, showing the everyday life of ordinary men and women.
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