Frans Snyders

(1579–1657) flamländsk målare av djur och han målade jaktscener, marknadsscener och stilleben

Frans Snyders (1579–1657) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Frans Snyders belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.

Frans Snyders was born in Antwerp and died in Antwerp. Frans Snyders worked in Antwerp, Rome, Milan, and Antwerp. Wikidata associates Frans Snyders with Flemish Baroque painting. Frans Snyders became a member of Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke. The students included Jan Roos.

The best-known works include ‘Still Life with Huntsman’, ‘Still Life with a Dead Stag’, and ‘Still life with small game and fruits’. The works belong mainly to the genres still life, allegory, and animal painting. The catalogue has 225 works by Frans Snyders with free images. The dated works span the years 1579–1700. Works by Frans Snyders are held by several collections, among them Pradomuseet, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Eremitaget, and Gemäldegalerie. Wikidata links 27 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Pasquale Ottino, Ottavio Leoni, Jorge Manuel Theotocópuli, Battistello Caracciolo, and Alessandro Turchi.

• The Baroque
• Prometheus Bound
• The Union of Earth and Water (Antwerp and the Scheldt)