
Frans Snyders Painting Reproductions Gallery 1 of 3
1579-1657Flemish Baroque Painter
Frans Snyders (1579 - 1657), or Snijders, was a Flemish painter of animals and still life.
Snyders was born and died at Antwerp. He is recorded as a student of Pieter Brueghel the Younger in 1593, and subsequently received instruction from Hendrick van Balen, the first master of Van Dyck. He was a friend of Van Dyck who painted Snyders and his wife more than once (Frick Collection, Kassel etc).
He became a master of the Antwerp painters guild in 1602. He visited Italy in 1608-9, visiting Rome, and working for Cardinal Borromeo in Milan. In 1611 he married Margaretha, the sister of Cornelis de Vos and Paul de Vos (another animal painter), in Antwerp. Jan Fyt was a student, and then assistant of his from 1629.
Snyders initially devoted himself to painting flowers, fruit and subjects of still life, but later turned to painting animals, and executed with the greatest skill and spirit hunting pieces and combats of wild animals. He was one of the earliest specialist animaliers.
His composition is rich and varied, his drawing correct and vigorous, his touch bold and thoroughly expressive of the different textures of furs and skins. His excellence in this department excited the admiration of Rubens, who frequently employed him to paint animals, fruit and still life in his own pictures, and he assisted Jacob Jordaens, Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert and other artists in a similar manner.
In the lion and boar hunts which bear the name of Snyders the hand of Rubens sometimes appears. He was one of the executors of Rubens's will.
He was appointed principal painter to the Archduke Albert of Austria, governor of the Low Countries, for whom he executed some of his finest works. One of these, a Stag-Hunt was presented to Philip III of Spain, who together with his successor Philip IV of Spain, commissioned the artist to paint several subjects of the chase, which are still preserved in Spain. He also worked for Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, when he became Governor.
57 Paintings of Frans Snyders
Collection of the Prince of Liechtenstein Vaduz Liechtenstein
Basket of Fruit in a Landscape with Squirrel
$1769
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna Austria
Fish Market (with Figures by van Dyck)
$5806
Art Institute of Chicago Illinois USA
Market Still Life with Game, Fruit, Vegetables
$3758
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum Cologne Germany
Cook with Food
$1493
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum Cologne Germany
Still Life with Poultry and Venison
$1716
National Gallery of Art Washington USA
Still Life with Grapes and Game
$1893
Liechtenstein Museum Vienna Austria
The Lioness
$690
Museum of Fine Arts Budapest Hungary
The Hawk and the Hen
$759
Private Collection
Grapes in a Basket and Roses in a Vase
$1156
Private Collection
The Lion and the Mouse
$721
Private Collection
Concert of Birds
$1350
York Art Gallery North Yorkshire United Kingdom
A Game Stall
$4120
Bowes Museum County Durham United Kingdom
A Boar Hunt
$695
Galerie Goudstikker Amsterdam Netherlands
Still Life of Fruit in a Wicker Basket
$1198
Palazzo Pitti Florence Italy
The Wild Boar Hunt
$1144
Louvre Museum Paris France
Still Life of Fruits and Vegetables
$1848
Palais de Longchamp Marseille France
Still Life with a Red Deer
$2129
Private Collection
Still Life with Squirrel
$703
Detroit Institute of Arts Michigan USA
Still Life with Fruit, Vegetables and Dead Game
$2449
The State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg Russia
Fruit in a Bowl and a Sliced Melon
$755
The State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg Russia
Still Life with a Monkey
$666
The State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg Russia
Fruit in a Bowl on a Red Cloth
$700
The State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg Russia
Fight of a Rooster and a Turkey Cock
$881