Loading...
A Basket and Birds
Click to view fullscreen

A Basket and Birds

Date unknown

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

23 3/4 x 30 1/4 in. (60.3 x 76.8 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, 1871

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Rights

Public Domain

About Jan Fyt

1610–1661Spanish Netherlands

Successful and prolific painter of still life and trophies of the hunt; known for his sensitivity to texture and detail; like his teacher Snyders he painted in the elaborate style of large decorative still life associated with the circle of Rubens. Comment on works: Still Life; Dead Game