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It is a historical stroke of luck that in such an eventful period as the 17th century, both culturally and in terms of war, there was an equally rapid development in the pictorial representation of all facets of human life. Never before in history had so many high-quality paintings been created on the most diverse areas of social activity. Towards the end of the 16th century, the so-called "Golden Age of Painting" began, especially in the Netherlands. Many of the paintings created also depict events from the war of 1568 to 1648 between the Kingdom of Spain and the Netherlands, which was striving for freedom and independence. But a parallel pan-European conflict, the Thirty Years' War from 1618 to 1648, also provided many motifs for an entire generation of artists.
An important representative of this age was the Antwerp-born painter Pieter Snayers. From a military-historical point of view, his paintings are particularly authentic. In the many siege scenes of towns and fortresses, Snayers shows their views and ground plans at the time very precisely. His topographical-analytical approach was hardly surpassed by other artists. Even in his depictions of the rather rarer field battles, one looks in vain for major points of criticism. Snayers also shows us the life of the ordinary people in the armies of this time in a drastic and unadorned way. Thus, far from widespread clichés, it is possible for us as the viewers of his paintings to transport ourselves back to the real events of the time.
His paintings are scattered all over the world and adorn many well-known galleries. On the basis of his sometimes large-format paintings, part of the history of these conflicts is told with historical accuracy in this illustrated book. For this purpose, the now well-known author Roland Sennewald has collected far more than 100 illustrations of the master internationally, and the result is a brilliant testimony to Pieter Snayers' work and at the same time to the battles, sieges and campaigns of the Thirty Years' and Eighty Years' War, as well as to the years before and after.
Pieter Snayers
(1592- 1667)
Snayers was a pupil of Sebastian Vrancx (1573-1647), who is regarded in the Netherlands as the inventor of battle painting. Snayers became a freemaster of the Guild of St Luke in 1613 and married the niece of the painter Cornelius Schut. In 1628 he went to Brussels as a court painter, where Adam Frans van der Meulen became his pupil. Snayers advanced to become the official battle painter of the House of Habsburg and painted their victories without ever having attended a battle. He produced huge battle cycles for the Spanish court, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, Count Bonaventura of Bucquoy and Octavio Piccolomini, among others. Snayers must have had a large workshop at his disposal, as he could not have managed the huge commissions, this large number of monumental battle paintings, on his own. For example, he painted the so-called Piccolomini series, the twelve large-format battle paintings now in the Museum of Military History in Vienna, between 1639 and 1651. However, Snayers painted not only the large battle cycles mentioned above, but also smaller war scenes, horse battles and hunts.
An important representative of this age was the Antwerp-born painter Pieter Snayers. From a military-historical point of view, his paintings are particularly authentic. In the many siege scenes of towns and fortresses, Snayers shows their views and ground plans at the time very precisely. His topographical-analytical approach was hardly surpassed by other artists. Even in his depictions of the rather rarer field battles, one looks in vain for major points of criticism. Snayers also shows us the life of the ordinary people in the armies of this time in a drastic and unadorned way. Thus, far from widespread clichés, it is possible for us as the viewers of his paintings to transport ourselves back to the real events of the time.
His paintings are scattered all over the world and adorn many well-known galleries. On the basis of his sometimes large-format paintings, part of the history of these conflicts is told with historical accuracy in this illustrated book. For this purpose, the now well-known author Roland Sennewald has collected far more than 100 illustrations of the master internationally, and the result is a brilliant testimony to Pieter Snayers' work and at the same time to the battles, sieges and campaigns of the Thirty Years' and Eighty Years' War, as well as to the years before and after.
Pieter Snayers
(1592- 1667)
Snayers was a pupil of Sebastian Vrancx (1573-1647), who is regarded in the Netherlands as the inventor of battle painting. Snayers became a freemaster of the Guild of St Luke in 1613 and married the niece of the painter Cornelius Schut. In 1628 he went to Brussels as a court painter, where Adam Frans van der Meulen became his pupil. Snayers advanced to become the official battle painter of the House of Habsburg and painted their victories without ever having attended a battle. He produced huge battle cycles for the Spanish court, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, Count Bonaventura of Bucquoy and Octavio Piccolomini, among others. Snayers must have had a large workshop at his disposal, as he could not have managed the huge commissions, this large number of monumental battle paintings, on his own. For example, he painted the so-called Piccolomini series, the twelve large-format battle paintings now in the Museum of Military History in Vienna, between 1639 and 1651. However, Snayers painted not only the large battle cycles mentioned above, but also smaller war scenes, horse battles and hunts.
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- Author
- Sennewald, Roland / Hrncirik, Pavel
- Title
- Pieter Snayers - Schlachtenmaler 1592-1667
- Details
- German text! Large format colour illustrated book (32 x 24 cm) with over 200 mostly colour illustrations: Double-page reproductions of the paintings, many detailed views, maps and contemporary engravings. 422 pages. Hardcover
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