Hounds in Combat with a Pair of Foxes
after Frans Snyders (Antwerp 1579 - Antwerp 1657) or Paul de Vos (Hulst 1591/2 or 1595 - Antwerp 1678)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1657
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1158 x 1892 mm (45 1/2 x 74 1/2 in)
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Trerice, Cornwall
NT 337025
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Hounds in Combat with a Pair of Foxes by Frans Snyders (Antwerp 1579 - Antwerp 1657). The canvas has been cut down.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust as part of the endowment by Montagu Brownlow Parker, 5th Earl of Morley (1878-1962); on loan to Trerice
Credit line
Saltram, The Morley Collection (accepted in lieu of tax by HM Treasury, and transferred to The National Trust in 1957)
Makers and roles
after Frans Snyders (Antwerp 1579 - Antwerp 1657) or Paul de Vos (Hulst 1591/2 or 1595 - Antwerp 1678) , artist Frans Snyders (Antwerp 1579 - Antwerp 1657), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Abraham Hondius (Rotterdam c.1625 – London 1691), artist
References
Saltram 1902 Catalogue of Pictures at Saltram and 31 Prince's Gardens 1902, no.195 Saltram 1844 Catalogue of the Pictures, Casts and Busts belonging to the Earl of Morley, at Saltram [Frances Talbot, Dowager, Countess of Morley], London 1844, no. 211 Saltram 1819 Catalogue of the Pictures, Casts and Busts belonging to the Earl of Morley at Saltram [Frances Talbot, Countess of Morley], Plymouth 1819, no. 199