Stilleben med döda djur

Stilleben med döda djur..... Ett Europeanafynd som har följande beskrivning:

Louis XIV frame by John Davis, 2005, 134.0 x 218.0 CRE SNYDERS, Frans; (Flemish; 1579-1657) From the founder, William Hunter's collection. Snyders was the greatest Flemish Baroque still life painter, specialising in animal paintings and food still lifes aimed at the wealthiest clients. Snyders was a friend of Rubens, whom he may have met in Italy, and with whom he often collaborated, painting animals and still life elements in Rubens's compositions when the work of a specialist was required. Travelling in Italy in 1608-9, Snyders was the protégé of Cardinal Borromeo in Milan, whose collection included early examples of the newly emerging genre of still life, including the celebrated Caravaggio of a basket of fruit. The message of this impressive game piece concerns the abundance of nature,...