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SNYDERS, FRANZ (1579-1657)

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SNYDERS, FRANZ (1579-1657)

SNYDERS, See also:
FRANZ, ROBERT (1815-1892)
FRANZ (1579-1657) , Flemish painter of animals and still See also:

LIFE

life, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born and died at See also:

Antwerp. In 1593 he was studying under Pieter See also:

BREUGHEL (or BRUEGIHEL), PIETER

Breughel the younger, and afterwards received instruction from Hendrick See also:

VAN

van Balen, the first See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of Van Dyck. He devoted himself to See also:

PAINTING

painting See also:

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers, See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit and subjects of still life, but afterwards turned to See also:

animal-painting, and executed with the greatest skill and spirit See also:

HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

hunting pieces and combats of See also:

WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild animals. His See also:

composition is See also:

rich and varied, his See also:

DRAWING

drawing correct and vigorous, his See also:

TOUCH (derived through Fr. toucher from a common Teutonic and Indo-Germanic root, cf. " tug," " tuck," O. H. Ger. zucchen, to twitch or draw)

touch bold and thoroughly expressive of the different textures of furs and skins. His excellence in this See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department excited the admiration of See also:

RUBENS, PETER PAUL (1577-164o)

Rubens, who frequently employed him to paint animals, fruit and still life in his own pictures, and he assisted See also:

JORDAENS, JACOB (1593-1678)

jordaens in a similar manner. In the See also:

lion and See also:

BOAR (0. Eng. bar; the word is found only in W. Ger. languages, cf. Dutch beer, Ger. Eber)

boar hunts which See also:

bear the name of Snyders the See also:

hand of Rubens sometimes appears. He was appointed See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal painter to the See also:

ARCHDUKE (Lat. archidux, Ger. Erzherzog)

archduke See also:

Albert, See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of the See also:

Low Countries, for whom he executed some of his finest See also:

WORKS

works. One of these, a " See also:

STAG (0. Eng. stagga, a Norse word, cf. Icel. steggr, steggi, a male animal, cf. Steggander, a drake; it is usually referred to stigan, to climb, to mount, but this is doubtful)

Stag-See also:

Hunt, " was presented to See also:

Philip III., who commissioned the artist to paint several subjects of the See also:

chase, which are still preserved in See also:

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