Eine Löwin schlägt ein Wildschwein,

um 1620-1625

Material / Technology / Carrier

Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

164 x 239 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal VII

Department

Flämische Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

620

Acquisition

Aus der Kurfürstlichen Galerie

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Frans Snyders, Eine Löwin schlägt ein Wildschwein, um 1620-1625, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/jpxeVvBLJ7 (Last updated on 24.08.2023)

The powerful modelling of the animals’ bodies and the imminent, certainly deadly bite which the boar can no longer avert, are evidence of Snyders’s close study of Rubens’s hunting scenes. The motif of the beast of prey biting into its quarry’s neck, based on that found in Classical art, also appears several times. Other than in its model, however, Snyders dispensed with figurative staffage and concentrated on the depiction of the animals in accordance with his specialisation as a painter of animals and still lifes.