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Barent Fabritius

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• The Slaughtered Pig

• (1656), oil on canvas
• 40.4 x 28.2 in. (102.5 x 71.5 cm.)
• Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
• 600 x 740 (97 KB)

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About the Artist

Barent Fabritius, Dutch, (1624 — 1673). Barent Fabritius was a Dutch painter of portraits and of biblical, mythological, and historical scenes, most of which have been lost.

Barent Fabritius was the son of Pieter Carlesz Fabritius (1598-1653), and brother of Carel Fabritius (1622-1654), both were also artists. He also studied under Rembrandt and Vermeer was later one of his pupils.