Considering the pig, a single-minded bestiary.
An alphabetical list of artists who have considered the pig.
Pieter Brueghel, the Elder – Flemish, (c. 1525-1569) – The Land of Cockaigne, (1567), oil on panel. Cockaigne was an imaginary land, believed to be an earthly paradise where idleness and gluttony were the principal occupations.
Bernard Buffet, French (1928-1999), works include: L’Odyssee – Circé. Buffet was a painter, etcher, lithographer, designer and occasional sculptor.
Burnet Psalter , (c.1400-1450) – Saint Anthony, Folio 24r, Commemorations of the Saints, (c. 1400-1450), tempera colors, gold paint, silver paint, and ink on parchment.
Jacques Callot, France, (1592-1635) – The Temptation of Saint Anthony, (1635), etching, and The Seven Deadly Sins [Gula or Gluttony], (1619), etching and engraving.
Robert Campin, Dutch, (c. 1375-1444) – Madonna and Child with Saints in the Enclosed Garden, (c. 1440/1460), oil on wood panel. Campin’s works are characterized by a robust and highly developed realism and concern for the details of daily life.
Adolfo De Carolis, Italy, (1874-1928) – Circe, (1926), polychrome woodcut print. Carolis was a painter, xylographer, illustrator and photographer.
Agostino Carracci, Italy, (1557-1602) – Holy Family with Sts. Catherine and Anthony Abbot and the Infant John the Baptist, (1582), engraving. The original painting on which this engraving is based hangs in the Church of St. Francesco della Vigna in Venice. It was painted by Paolo Veronese in 1551.
Annibale Carracci, Italy, (1560-1609) – art works include Ulysses and Circe from the Camerino Farnese in the Palazzo Farnese, Rome. Carracci was a Baroque painter whose technique emphasized linear draftsmanship, as Raphael, but also the glimmering colors and mistier edges of Titian.
Leonora Carrington, British, (b. 1917) – here are several pig-themed works including The Temptation of St. Anthony, Los Visitants [The Visitors], Nacimento de Cerdos [Pig-rush], Argument, and Pig Pig Bite Snake.
Clarence Holbrook Carter, United States, (1904-2000), works include: Lafonson’s Pride and Pig’s Paradise. Carter was was a painter, etcher and educator. He was known for his paintings of rural America and the burden brought on by the Great Depression.