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Peter Snayers
Habsburg Netherlands, 1592–1667
Peter Snayers was a Habsburg Netherlands Flemish Baroque painting painter. 47 works are cataloged here, principally at Kunsthistorisches Museum, most of them oil paintings. Peter Snayers was born in Antwerp.
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. After starting his career in Antwerp, he moved to Brussels where he worked for the court. He was the principal military iconographer of the court in Brussels and the appointed court painter with the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
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