Pieter Jan Snyers
Pieter Jan Snyers or Petrus Johannes Snijers, first name also 'Peeter Johannes' (Antwerp, 1696 - Antwerp, 21 September 1757) was a Flemish painter. He is known for his still life paintings with game.[1]
Life[edit]
Pieter Jan Snyers was born in Antwerp.[1] He was the nephew of Pieter Snyers who was his teacher.[2] He was registered as a pupil of Pieter Snyers at the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1712–13. He was not registered as master at the guild as he was an amateur painter.[1] He served five times as the deacon of the Guild.[3]
When his uncle Pieter Snyers died in 1752, Pieter Jan inherited his large collection of art which included works of major artists of the preceding century.[4] As heir to his considerable art collection which was fairly well documented, Snyers' name regularly appears as one of the names in the provenance of Flemish and Dutch master paintings.[5]
He died in Antwerp.[1]
Work[edit]
As Pieter Jan Snyers was likely not a professional painter his works are very scarce. His subjects were hunting scenes and in particular small sized ones.[6]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b c d Petrus Johannes Snijers at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
- ^ Reginald Howard Wilenski, Flemish Painters, 1430-1830, Viking Press, 1960, p. 369
- ^ Ph. Rombouts and Th. van Lerius (eds.), De liggeren en andere historische archieven der Antwerpsche sint Lucasgilde Volume 2, Antwerp, 1864, pp. 682, 771, 791 (in Dutch)
- ^ The Collector's Cabinet: Flemish Paintings from New England Private Collections, Univ of Massachusetts Press, 1983, p. 112.
- ^ Snyers (Peeter) in: Christiaan Kramm, De levens en werken der Hollandsche en Vlaamsche kunstschilders, beeldhouwers, graveurs en bouwmeesters, van den vroegsten tot op onzen tijd. Gebroeders Diederichs, Amsterdam 1857-1864 (in Dutch)
- ^ "Snyers, Pieter Jan" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889
External links[edit]
Media related to Pieter Jan Snyers at Wikimedia Commons
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