Peter Snayers

Flemish painter (1592-1667) · Artists · Died at 74

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.

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Portrait of Peter Snayers by Rubens, c. 1626

View of a city canal in winter with figures, presumably in Antwerp with Joos de Momper

Portrait of sapper corporal Antonio Servás[12] Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid.

Cavalry skirmish

The siege of Aire-sur-la-Lys

The Archduchess Isabella at the Siege of Breda[19] Prado Museum, Madrid.

Flemish landscape with travellers attacked by robbers

Henry IV at the siege of Amiens, with Rubens

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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.

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