FABRITIUS, Barent (b. 1624, Midden-Beemster, d. 1673, Amsterdam) |
The Slaughtered Pig1656Oil on canvas, 80 x 65 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin | |
This painting, signed and dated 1656, is startling for its affectless objectivity. More than mere genre, this scene has an instructive quality, following a popular subject of Rembrandt's: the slaughtered ox. |