Animals of the Night, after 1579

ArtistKopie nach Frans Snyders, Antwerpen 1579–1657 Antwerpen

Oil on oak

Dimensions without frame125 × 98,4 cm

Dimensions with frame143,4 × 116,5 cm

Status

on display, room 003

About the workFor these animals of the night, everything is a matter of life and death: while two martens are eating an eagle owl chick and being attacked by one of the parents, a bat is defending ist young against a stoat. It is possible this motif was intended to refer to the circle of life. This work is a copy after a painting by Frans Snyders, a successful Flemish still life artist who specialised in the depiction of animals.

AccessionGift of Dr. M. J. Binder 1947

Provenance[...]; 1947 erworben durch Schenkung aus dem Nachlass Dr. Moritz Julius Binder (1877-1947), Berlin

Inventory numberM 180

Dutch and Flemish Painting
Baroque
Animal art

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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