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Peter Snayers

1592 - 1667

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Peter Snayers or Pieter Snayers (1592–1667) was a Flemish painter known for his panoramic battle scenes, depictions of cavalry skirmishes, attacks on villages, coaches and convoys and hunting scenes. He established his reputation mainly through his topographic battle scenes providing a bird's eye view over the battlefield. He further painted large landscapes and portraits of the aristocracy. He was a regular collaborator of local landscape painters and also Rubens. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Snayers is the 650th most popular painter (up from 833rd in 2019), the 241st most popular biography from Belgium (up from 302nd in 2019) and the 45th most popular Belgian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Peter Snayers ranks 650 out of 2,023. Before him are Konstantin Makovsky, Alonso Sánchez Coello, Pieter van Laer, Sophie Gengembre Anderson, Thomas Eakins, and Jan Kupecký. After him are Joos van Cleve, Agnolo Gaddi, Michael Sittow, Francesco Solimena, Emanuel de Witte, and Jozef Israëls.

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Among people born in 1592, Peter Snayers ranks 9. Before him are Shah Jahan, Pierre Gassendi, Wilhelm Schickard, Gerard van Honthorst, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, and Jacques Callot. After him are Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Catalina de Erauso, Saib Tabrizi, Luarsab II of Kartli, and François le Métel de Boisrobert. Among people deceased in 1667, Peter Snayers ranks 11. Before him are Gabriël Metsu, Marie Louise Gonzaga, Johann Jakob Froberger, Fasilides, Nicolas Sanson, and Alonzo Cano. After him are Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau, Cornelis van Poelenburgh, Thomas de Keyser, Ferenc Wesselényi, Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Giovanni Battista Zupi.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Peter Snayers ranks 241 out of 1,190. Before him are Théo van Rysselberghe (1862), Herbert Wimmer (1944), Maria of Brabant, Holy Roman Empress (1190), Johannes Tinctoris (1435), Pierre de la Rue (1460), and Princess Henriette of Belgium (1870). After him are Thibaut Courtois (1992), Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1728), Prince Alexandre of Belgium (1942), Henry II, Duke of Brabant (1207), Hubert Van Innis (1866), and J.-H. Rosny aîné (1856).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Peter Snayers ranks 45. Before him are Frans Masereel (1889), Bernard van Orley (1487), Paul Bril (1556), Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts (1630), Melchior Broederlam (1355), and Théo van Rysselberghe (1862). After him are Hendrick van Balen the Elder (1570), Justus van Gent (1430), Erasmus Quellinus the Younger (1607), Justus Sustermans (1597), Jan Fyt (1611), and Frans Floris (1519).

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