Old Master Paintings from the Collection of Lillemor Herweg

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Lot 141
  • 141

Pieter Snyers Antwerp 1681-1752

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Description

  • Pieter Snyers
  • A still life with leeks, artichokes, a cabbage and apples; a still life with a cauliflower, a parsnip, a cabbage, apples and peaches
  • the former signed lower right: P. Snÿers f
    the latter signed lower right: P. Snÿers
  • a pair, both oil on panel

Provenance

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

Catalogue 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.