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The Flemish painter Frans Snyders initially devoted himself to flower and fruit still lifes, before also turning his work towards animal painting. His repertoire includes market stalls, particularly fishmongers’ stalls, as well as compositions bringing together game, fruit, vessels and porcelain. In his still lifes, objects are arranged in groups within geometrically structured compositions.
Admitted as a master to the Antwerp painters’ guild in 1602, Snyders became a member of the Guild of Romanists in 1619, then dean of the Guild of Saint Luke in 1628. His collaboration with Rubens began in the 1610s and included decorative work intended for the Royal Alcázar and the Buen Retiro Palace in Madrid. For a Spanish royal commission, he produced around sixty hunting and animal paintings based on drawings by Rubens; the two artists received a further commission for eighteen paintings in 1639.
In 1641 and 1642, Snyders travelled in the United Provinces with other artists; he was probably in Breda in 1646 to work on a commission there. A series of four market-stall paintings held at the Hermitage is described as having been created for the dining room of the Archbishop’s Palace in Bruges. A still life mentioned in an auction notice under the title “Stillleben mit Vögeln und Traubenkorb” is described as an oil on parqueted wood panel measuring 53 × 75 cm.
This profile brings together identity references for Frans Snyders and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Lempertz · Schuler · Piguet
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Oil on canvas
Nature morte animée de personnages
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2023-09-06 — 2023-09-20
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 30000–50000
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Oil on canvas
Teilkopie des 17.Jhs
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2022-12-12
Published result : 1000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1000–1500
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Oil on wood
Stillleben mit Vögeln und Traubenkorb
Öl auf Holz
Auction date : 2020-11-14
Published result : 143750 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 90000
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Oil on canvas
Nachfolger d
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2016-12-16
Published result : 1300 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1500–2500
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Oil on canvas
Chasse au lion
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2022-12-07
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 50000–70000
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