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Jan Boeckhorst and Frans Snijders, Farmers Going to Market © Beeldarchief Collectiebeleid Antwerpen
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Farmers Going to Market
In the world of seventeenth-century painting, it was very common for two or more artists to collaborate on a single work.
Typically one of the artists took the lead: he would plan the composition and paint the most important parts. Then a second painter was called in to assist with certain details – the landscape, for instance. This was a practical way of turning out paintings quickly for the free market. Moreover, this procedure was attractive to collectors, who could thus acquire a work that represented the best of two masters.
For this particular canvas Jan Boeckhorst, a late pupil and assistant of Rubens, joined forced with Frans Snijders. Boeckhorst painted the figures and the landscape, while Snijders took care of the assorted flora and fauna.
Jan Boeckhorst (1604-1668) and Frans Snijders (1579-1657)
Farmers Going to Market
oil on canvas
