a Flemish art collector, painter, draughtsman and engraver who worked in a wide variety of genres. Nicknamed 'De Heilige' or 'The Holy One.' Snyers was a versatile artist who painted in many genres including portraits, genre paintings, landscapes, still lifes, flower pieces, animal paintings, fruit pieces, game pieces, vegetable still lifes and plants. He painted both on large canvases and small copper plates. He was said never to have painted a composition twice.
