Frans Snyders

Peter Paul Rubens, Crown of thorns (Ecce homo), detail, c. 1612. Oil on panel, 125,7 cm × 96 cm © The State Hermitage Museum, Sankt Petersburg 2017 FRANKFURT.- Almost no other artist exercised such a decisive influence on European Baroque painting as Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) did. The Städel Museum in Frankfurt dedicates a comprehensive special exhibition to the world-renowned artist, which is on show from 8 February to 21 May 2018: Rubens. The Power of Transformation comprises about one... [Lire la suite]

Attributed to Frans Snyders (Flemish, 1579–1657), Vegetables and a Basket of Fruit on a Table. Oil on canvas, 83.8 x 95.9 cm (33 x 37 3/4 in.), Sidney Bartlett Bequest, 89.499 © 2018 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Provenance: 1880, Paul Pavlovich Demidoff, 2nd Prince of San Donato (b. 1839 - d. 1885), Florence; March 15 - April 10, 1880, Demidoff sale, San Donato Palace, lot 1050 [see note 1], to Stanton Blake (b. 1837 - d. 1889), Boston; 1889, purchased under the will of Stanton Blake by the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1889) ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 466. Frans Snyders (Anvers, 1579 - 1657), L'étal du poissonnier. Toile, 204 x 337 cm. Estimation 350 000 - 450 000 €. Courtesy Artcurial Provenance : Probablement collection de la marquise de Pompadour ; sa vente, Paris, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré (Expert: Rémy), 28 avril 1766, n° 2, avec son pendant;Probablement vente Pierre Rémy, Paris, rue Poupée, 30 juin 1772, n° 546, avec son pendant;Probablement vente anonyme, Londres, Covent Garden (Langford), 27 avril 1775, n° 58, avec son pendant... [Lire la suite]

Hans Bol (1534-1593), “A Covered Wagon Traversing a Road between Two Inns", 1580, Image © Victoria and Albert Museum OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.- The Oklahoma City Museum of Art will open special exhibition, “Master Strokes: Dutch and Flemish Drawings from the Golden Age,” organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London Oct. 28. This marks the first time this collection, featuring 90 masterpieces by artists such as Peter Paul Rubens, Sir Anthony van Dyck and Rembrandt van Rijn, has been exhibited outside Europe. “This... [Lire la suite]

Peter Paul Rubens (1577 Siegen - 1640 Antwerpen), Self portrait, about 1638, oil on canvas, 110 × 85.5 cm, Vienna, Museum of Fine Arts, Picture Gallery, Inv. GG 527 © KHM-Museum Association VIENNA.- Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) was a star during his lifetime, and he remains a star today. His name is synonymous with an entire period, the Baroque. But his novel pictorial inventions continue to influence and appeal to artists. Now two leading museums, the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien and the... [Lire la suite]

© Nuit de Chine / © Kunsthistorisches Museum / Bridgeman Images / © DR LES BAUX-DE-PROVENCE.- Les Carrières de Lumières présentent leur sixième exposition d’art immersive : Bosch, Brueghel, Arcimboldo. Fantastique et merveilleux, du 4 mars 2017 au 7 janvier 2018. Produite par Culturespaces et réalisée par Gianfranco Iannuzzi, Renato Gatto et Massimiliano Siccardi, avec la collaboration musicale de Luca Longobardi, cette nouvelle création invite le spectateur à explorer le monde foisonnant peint par ces grands maîtres du XVIe... [Lire la suite]

Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish (active Italy, Antwerp, and England), 1577 - 1640, and Frans Snyders, Flemish (active Antwerp), 1579 - 1657, Prometheus Bound. Begun c. 1611-12, completed by 1618. Oil on canvas, 95 1/2 x 82 1/2 inches (242.6 x 209.5 cm). Purchased with the W. P. Wilstach Fund, 1950. W1950-3-1. Philadelphia Museum of Art © 2015 Philadelphia Museum of Art PHILADELPHIA, PA.- This fall, the Philadelphia Museum of Art presents The Wrath of the Gods: Masterpieces by Rubens, Michelangelo,... [Lire la suite]

Caspar Netscher (1639-1684), Woman feeding a parrot. Oil on panel, 18 1/8 x 14 5/8 in. (46 x 37 cm.) Estimate: $2,000,000-3,000,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2014. New York – Christie’s is pleased to present the spring auction of Old Master Paintings on June 4, which will feature 112 lots of exceptional rarity and importance, with Dutch and Flemish masterworks anchoring the sale.  The majority of the works are fresh to the market, hailing primarily from prominent private collections. The sale also features... [Lire la suite]

Prometheus Bound, Peter Paul Rubens and Frans Snyders, Oil on canvas, 242.6 x 209.5 cm, c. 1611. Philadelphia Museum of Art MADRID.- The “Furias”. From Titian to Ribera offers an in-depth analysis of the Renaissance and Baroque’s interpretation of antiquity and looks at the circulation and exchange of artists, works and aesthetic ideas across Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. In addition, it encourages a reflection on why certain forms acquire meanings that are passed down from one generation to the next.... [Lire la suite]

École flamande du XVIIème siècle, atelier de Frans Snyders, Nature morte au gibier, fruits et poissons. Photo Tajan - Paris Toile; 119 x 169 cm. Restaurations anciennes. Estimation : 8 000 / 10 000 € Tajan - Paris. Vendredi 4 novembre 2011. Drouot Richelieu - Salle 2 - 9, rue Drouot - 75009 Paris. www.tajan.com