Battle on Vught Heath
at National Museum in Warsaw
Peter Snayers
Flemish1592–1667
About
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. 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.
Notable works
Battle Scene with Town in Background
at Harvard Art Museums
The Siege of Kortrijk, 1648
at Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Overval op een konvooi
at Bonnefanten Museum
The Count de Bournonville in his carriage in front of his residence in Brussels
at Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Retrato de Antonio Servás
at Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando
De bedevaart van de infante Isabella naar Laken in 1623
at Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
The Battle of Kallo, 1638
at Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Dwarf in a Landscape
at Nationalmuseum
Ruiteraanval
at Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK)
Works in the collection
13 works
Battle on Vught Heath
at National Museum in Warsaw
Battle Scene with Town in Background
at Harvard Art Museums
The Siege of Kortrijk, 1648
at Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Overval op een konvooi
at Bonnefanten Museum
The Count de Bournonville in his carriage in front of his residence in Brussels
at Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Retrato de Antonio Servás
at Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando
De bedevaart van de infante Isabella naar Laken in 1623
at Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
The Battle of Kallo, 1638
at Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Dwarf in a Landscape
at Nationalmuseum
Ruiteraanval
at Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK)
More by Peter Snayers in institutions
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK)
Ghent, Belgium
Dulwich Picture Gallery
London Borough of Southwark, United Kingdom
Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando
Madrid, Spain
National Museum in Warsaw
Śródmieście, Poland
National Museum of Ancient Art
Estrela, Portugal
Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, United States
Nationalmuseum
Stockholm, Sweden
Bonnefanten Museum
Maastricht, Netherlands
