Lot 141: PIETER SNYERS ANTWERP 1681-1752

A STILL LIFE WITH LEEKS, ARTICHOKES, A CABBAGE AND APPLES;
A STILL LIFE WITH A CAULIFLOWER, A PARSNIP, A CABBAGE, APPLES AND PEACHES

measurements note
the former: 12.8 by 16.4 cm.; 5 by 6 1/2 in.; the latter: 12.5 by 16.3 cm.; 4 7/8 by 6 1/2 in.

the former signed lower right: P. Snÿers f
the latter signed lower right: P. Snÿers

a pair, both oil on panel

Quantity: 2

PROVENANCE

With Robert Noortman, Maastricht;
With Lipinski, Frankfurt, from whom bought by the Herwegs in May 1994.

NOTE

Born into a wealthy family in Antwerp in 1681, Pieter Snyers was not only a painter of still-lifes, landscapes and portraits, he was also an avid collector and was a director of the Antwerp Académie Royale by 1741.