Live Auction 3052The I.Q. van Regteren Altena Collection Part II. Dutch and Flemish Drawings from 1500-1900
Cornelis Dusart (Haarlem 1660-1704)
Lot 194

Cornelis Dusart (Haarlem 1660-1704)

A pig led to the slaughter; and Two butchers slaughtering a pig

Closed10 December 2014

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Cornelis Dusart (Haarlem 1660-1704)
A pig led to the slaughter; and Two butchers slaughtering a pig
both pen and brown ink, brown wash, brown ink framing lines, both with fragmentary watermarks
4 1/8 x 4 3/8 in. (10.2 x 11 cm.); and 3 7/8 x 4½ in. (9.6 x 11.3 cm.)
two drawings on one mount (2)

with Marignane (possibly Maurice Marignane born 1879), London; from whom purchased by I.Q. van Regteren Altena in February 1930 for 37.50 guilders each (Inventory book: '870. t. Dusart zwijns slacht') and (Inventory book: '871. t. Dusart zwijns slacht').

Specialist note

No doubt inspired by works by his master Adriaen van Ostade (1610-1685), Dusart frequently represented pig killings, including in the scene he used for November in his engraved series of the Twelve months (Hollstein 30).

We are grateful to Susan Anderson who has confirmed the attribution of the present drawings, on the basis of digital images, and suggested a date of execution of circa 1690-95.