Wolves devouring a Horse
Frans Snyders (Antwerp 1579 - Antwerp 1657) or Paul de Vos (Hulst 1591/2 or 1595 - Antwerp 1678)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1655
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
3988 x 3277 mm (157 x 129 in)
Place of origin
Flanders (Belgium from 1830)
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1257147
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Wolves devouring a Horse by Frans Snyders (Antwerp 1579 - Antwerp 1657) or Paul de Vos (Hulst 1591/2 or 1595 - Antwerp 1678).
Provenance
Inherited from the collection Diego Mexía de Guzmán, 1st Marquis de Léganes (?1580 - 1655), Madrid, 1655 - a cousin of Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares (1587-1645) who was, for a period, the virtual ruler of Spain under Philip IV; by inheritance within the de Léganes family (1655–1711); by inheritance to the Count of Altamira (1711–1820), Madrid (looted by Napoleon in Madrid and sent to the Gobelins for tapestries to be made but returned to the owner after 1815, who subsequently sold them in London); collection José de Madrazo, Madrid (1820–61); collection José de Salamanca y Mayol, Marquis de Salamanca (1811 - 1883); at his sale of various collections, in London, acquired by William Bankes, June 1st 1827; by descent until bequeathed by (Henry John) Ralph Bankes (1902 – 1981) to the National Trust, together with the estates of Corfe Castle and Kingston Lacy and its entire contents in 1981
Credit line
Kingston Lacy, The Bankes Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Frans Snyders (Antwerp 1579 - Antwerp 1657) or Paul de Vos (Hulst 1591/2 or 1595 - Antwerp 1678) , artist Paul de Vos (Hulst 1591/2 or 1595 - Antwerp 1678), artist Frans Snyders (Antwerp 1579 - Antwerp 1657), artist