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Frans Snyders

1579 - 1657

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Frans Snyders or Frans Snijders (11 November 1579, Antwerp – 19 August 1657, Antwerp) was a Flemish painter of animals, hunting scenes, market scenes, and still lifes. A versatile artist, his works depict all sorts of foods, utensils, and tableware and wide assortment of animals. He was one of the earliest specialist animaliers and he is credited with initiating a wide variety of new still-life and animal subjects in Antwerp. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frans Snyders has received more than 171,954 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Frans Snyders is the 319th most popular painter (down from 296th in 2019), the 116th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 107th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Belgian Painter.

Frans Snyders was a Flemish painter who is most famous for his still lifes of game, fish, and poultry.

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  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Frans Snyders ranks 319 out of 2,023. Before him are George Hendrik Breitner, Gerard David, Grant Wood, Anton Mauve, Cosimo Tura, and Bartolommeo Bandinelli. After him are Karl Bryullov, Carl Spitzweg, Alexander Roslin, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Oda Krohg, and Ary Scheffer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1579, Frans Snyders ranks 4. Before him are Tirso de Molina, Martin de Porres, and Tokugawa Hidetada. After him are Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Carlo Saraceni, Jens Munk, John Fletcher, Juan Pablo Bonet, Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and Johannes Meursius. Among people deceased in 1657, Frans Snyders ranks 4. Before him are William Harvey, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, and Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Balthasar van der Ast, Clara Peeters, Kâtip Çelebi, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, Jacob van Campen, Laura Mancini, Andrew Bobola, and Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Frans Snyders ranks 116 out of 1,190. Before him are Gilles Binchois (1400), Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders (1837), Karel van Mander (1548), Morris (1923), Yves Chauvin (1930), and Elio Di Rupo (1951). After him are Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria (1724), Henri Vieuxtemps (1820), Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (1903), Adriaen Brouwer (1605), Paul Deschanel (1855), and Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, Frans Snyders ranks 20. Before him are Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601), Joachim Patinir (1480), Philippe de Champaigne (1602), Félicien Rops (1833), Pieter Claesz (1596), and Karel van Mander (1548). After him are Adriaen Brouwer (1605), Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502), David Teniers the Younger (1610), Bartholomeus Spranger (1546), Jan Matsys (1509), and Catharina van Hemessen (1528).

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