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Snyders

Snyders, FRANZ, was born at Antwerp in 1579, and studied painting under P. Breughel and H. van Balen, devoting himself chiefly to still-life, flowers, and animals. Probably no one ever succeeded better in catching the spirit of wild nature and in reproducing the colour and texture of fur and feather. He frequently co-operated with Rubens and Jordaens, and was court painter to the Archduke Albert, Governor of the Netherlands. He died at the age of seventy-eight.