The still life with catch originated as an independent genre in Flanders and would only later achieve popularity in the Northern Netherlands. The impetus for this type of still life undoubtedly came from the kitchen and market pieces with catch by Frans Snijders. His pupil, Jan Fyt, brought the genre to full development in the years 1630-1640. This ‘Hunt still life with dead swan’ is characteristic, both in technical and thematic respect, of the work of Peeter Boel, a pupil of Jan Fyt. The dead swan as dominating image element appears several times in his oeuvre. The painting is still painted completely in the Flemish manner, influenced by Fyt and Snijders. We can therefore assume that this hunt still life was a fairly early work by Peeter Boel, which was made before his journey to Italy in 1650.
Specifications
| Title | Hunting Still Life with a Swan |
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| Material and technique | Oil on canvas |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 106,8 cm Height 134 cm |
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| Artists |
Painter:
Peeter Boel
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| Accession number | 1069 (OK) |
| Credits | Purchased 1864 |
| Department | Old Masters |
| Acquisition date | 1864 |
| Creation date | in circa 1645 |
| External exhibitions |
The Odyssey of Animals (2016) Langdurig bruikleen Peeter Boel (2017) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | Southern Netherlands > The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
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