SNYDERS, Frans
(b. 1579, Antwerpen, d. 1657, Antwerpen)

Still-Life with a Basket of Fruit

1635-40
Oil on oak, 99 x 156 cm
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne

Snyders's usually large canvases and panels are characterized by an abundance of birds, game, fruit, fish, meat and vegetables in a lively arrangement. The exact representation of the texture of feathers, fur and skin, as well as the luminous, powerful colouring in his later works are outstanding.