Still Life with Dead Game, Fruit and Vegetables

"Still Life with Dead Game, Fruit and Vegetables" is an artwork by Frans Snyders. Background on Still Life: Dutch vanitas paintings used objects such as skulls, candles, and wilting flowers to remind viewers that time passes. Still life, the arrangement of flowers, fruit, tableware, and other objects, became a distinct genre in the Netherlands and Spain in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It is listed in the Still Life collection. The image is in landscape orientation.

"Still Life with Dead Game, Fruit and Vegetables" is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A landscape format suits wide, low wall spaces such as the stretch above a bed, mantel, or sideboard. Browsing works by the same artist, or from the same period, is a good way to compare styles before choosing what suits your space.

Flemish, 1579–1657

If you like the visual language of Frans Snyders, explore more works by the same artist in our collection.