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Frans Snyders (artist)

Nationality
Flemish
Birth/Death
1579–1657

About

Born in Antwerp, Snyders was the foremost Flemish still-life artist of his time. He specialized in market scenes and compositions that included game animals.

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Frans Snyders or Frans Snijders (11 November 1579, Antwerp – 19 August 1657, Antwerp) was a Flemish painter of animals, hunting scenes, market scenes, and still lifes. He was one of the earliest specialist animaliers and he is credited with initiating a wide variety of new still-life and animal subjects in Antwerp. He was a regular collaborator with leading Antwerp painters such as Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, and Jacob Jordaens.