Sybrand van Beest

  • The Pig Market in the Hague
  • The Pig Market in the Hague

  • (1650), oil on panel
  • 35.1 x 48.1 in. (89 x 122 cm.)
  • Museum Bredius, The Hague
  • 630 x 459 (87 KB)
  • Pig Market near St Jacob’s Church, the Hague
  • 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
  • 697 x 507 (97 KB)

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.