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Frans Snyders

1579 - 1657

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Frans Snyders or Frans Snijders (11 November 1579 – 19 August 1657) was a Flemish painter of animals, hunting scenes, market scenes, and still lifes. A versatile artist, his works depict all sorts of foods, utensils, and tableware and wide assortment of animals. He was one of the earliest specialist animaliers and he is credited with initiating a wide variety of new still-life and animal subjects in Antwerp. His hunting scenes and still lifes engage the viewer with their dramatic and dynamic effects. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Frans Snyders is the 347th most popular painter (down from 319th in 2024), the 124th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 116th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Belgian Painter.

Frans Snyders was a Flemish painter who is most famous for his still lifes of game, fish, and poultry.

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Among painters, Frans Snyders ranks 347 out of 2,023. Before him are Paul Sérusier, Claude Joseph Vernet, Charles Gleyre, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, Alessandro Allori, and Gabriël Metsu. After him are John Singer Sargent, Marianne von Werefkin, Horace Vernet, Léon Bonnat, Anna Maria van Schurman, and Philipp Otto Runge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1579, Frans Snyders ranks 4. Before him are Tokugawa Hidetada, Tirso de Molina, and Martin de Porres. After him are Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, John Fletcher, Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Carlo Saraceni, Juan Pablo Bonet, Jens Munk, and Luis Vélez de Guevara. Among people deceased in 1657, Frans Snyders ranks 4. Before him are William Harvey, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, and Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are William Bradford, Clara Peeters, Balthasar van der Ast, Jacob van Campen, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, Menasseh Ben Israel, Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine, and Kâtip Çelebi.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Frans Snyders ranks 124 out of 1,190. Before him are Henri Pirenne (1862), Ferdinand Verbiest (1623), Adriaen Brouwer (1605), Paul Deschanel (1855), Jacques Arcadelt (1507), and Lamoral, Count of Egmont (1522). After him are Catharina van Hemessen (1528), David Teniers the Younger (1610), Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria (1724), Jacob Le Maire (1585), Godfried Danneels (1933), and Gertrude of Nivelles (626).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Frans Snyders ranks 22. Before him are Pieter Claesz (1596), Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601), Karel van Mander (1548), Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502), Félicien Rops (1833), and Adriaen Brouwer (1605). After him are Catharina van Hemessen (1528), David Teniers the Younger (1610), Bartholomeus Spranger (1546), Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759), Jan Matsys (1509), and Abraham Brueghel (1631).

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