Why it matters
The carcass of an ox hangs by its rear legs in a wooden building. Rembrandt's still life follows a tradition of butchery scenes by Pieter Aertsen, Annibale Carracci and Joachim Beuckelaer.
Did you know?
- It is painted in oil on beech panel in 1655.
- It has been in the Louvre since 1857.
- A similar painting in Glasgow is probably by one of his pupils.
Based on the Wikipedia article Slaughtered Ox (CC BY-SA 4.0).
