Frans Snijders (Anwerp 1579 - 1657)
A Double-sided Study Sheet with various Animals
pen and ink, brush and wash on paper
216 x 155 mm
Frans Snijders (attributed) (Antwerp 1579 - 1657)
Still Life of Game and Vegetables on a Table
traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash
202 x 310 mm (corners cut)
with inscriptions ‘f. Snijders’ in black lead, upper right, and ‘Franciscus Snyders’ with pen and ink, verso
Provenance
Mme R. Blay, Paris; F. Lair-Dubreuil, Paris, 4 July 1929, lot 123;
Anon. sale, Stuttgarter Kunstkabinet, Stuttgart, 19 May 1953, lot 498, when presumably acquired by
Dr. Walter Beck (1895-1960), Berlin (his mark, L.2603b, verso) by descent to
Dr. Hans-Ulrich Beck (1930-2010), Augsburg (his mark, not in Lugt, verso) and by descent to the present owner.
Literature
E. Greindl, Les peintres flamands de nature morte au XVIIe siècle, Sterrebeek, 1983, with no. 292, as Frans Snyders;
H. Robels, Frans Snyders: Stilleben und Tiermaler 1579-1657, Munich, 1989, under Z16, as Studio of Snyders.
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