FranzSnyders (1579 - 1657) Flemish painter of animals and still life, was born and died at Antwerp.
Oil on canvas, 194 x 340 cm Rockox House, AntwerpIn 1593 he was studying under Pieter Brueghel the Younger, and afterwards received instruction from Hendrick van Balen, the first master of Van Dyck.
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 in a similar manner.
A beautifully rendered print after the Dutch master of still life FranzSnyders, from John Boydell's 'Houghton Gallery' series.
Although Earlom studied under the engraver Cipriani, he was essentially self-taught in the art of mezzotint engraving.
One of several market scenes by Snyders, the painting on which this fine plate is based was once part of Sir Robert Walpole's celebrated collection of Old Masters at his Gallery at Houghton.
This early seventeenth-century painting by FranzSnyders shows some sympathy for the victim.
The noble art of venery or hunting: popular from before the time of Chaucer's monk, it was the sport of kings, queens, and the landed gentry in Shakespeare's time.
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To reinforce the French Group's engagement with the broader Australian community, during the year BNP Paribas is contributing the following sponsorships:
The Art Gallery of NSW to restore a work by 17th Century Flemish artist FranzSnyders;
A three year sponsorship with the Garvan Institute for research into cancer genetics being undertaken by fellow Dr Vanessa Hayes; and
I was in the FranzSnyders’ Hall of still life paintings in Hermitage when I heard that voice,
A branch with green leaves stuck out of his pocket.
"A starving scientist like you," continued the stranger, "could theorize that this indigenous Russian fish found its way to the Dutch fishery, where Snyders spotted it.
