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• SNYDERS, Frans (b. 1579, Antwerpen, d. 1657, Antwerpen)
Biography
Baroque artist who was the most noted 17th-century painter of
hunting scenes and animals in combat. He studied under Pieter
Brueghel the Younger, and afterward under Hendrik van Balen.
He visited Italy in 1608. In 1611 he married Margaretha de Vos,
the sister of the Flemish painters Cornelis and Paul de Vos.
Snyders originally devoted himself to painting flowers, fruit, and
still-life subjects, later turning to his lively depictions of animals.
The compositions of these scenes of hunting and animals fighting
are rich and varied. His drawing is accurate and vigorous, and his
touch bold and thoroughly expressive of the different textures of
furs and skins. Rubens frequently employed him to paint animals
fruit, and still-life objects in his own pictures.