Dutch, (1610-1674)
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The Pig Market in the Hague
- (1650), oil on panel
- 35.1 x 48.1 in. (89 x 122 cm.)
- Museum Bredius, The Hague
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Pig Market near St Jacob’s Church, the Hague
- (1668), oil on panel
- 31.9 x 40.6 in. (81 x 103 cm.)
- Royal Museum, Stockholm
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Editor’s Note:
In these views of Swiss pig markets we can see how it seems, from their clothing, even wealthy, high-status people went to the market themselves to select a pig.
About the Artist
Sybrand van Beest, Dutch, (1610-1674). Sybrand van Beest specialized in the tradition of richly peopled, topographically correct views of the city of the Hague.