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Pieter Snyers or Peter Snijers (first name also written as: 'Peeter' and nickname 'De Heilige' or 'The Holy One') (30 March 1681 - 4 May 1752) was a Flemish art collector, painter, draughtsman and engraver who worked in a wide variety of genres. ==Life== Pieter Snyers was born in Antwerp into a well-off merchant family.〔(SNYERS (Peeter) ) in: Christiaan Kramm, ''De levens en werken der Hollandsche en Vlaamsche kunstschilders, beeldhouwers, graveurs en bouwmeesters, van den vroegsten tot op onzen tijd''. Gebroeders Diederichs, Amsterdam 1857-1864 〕 He studied under Alexander van Bredael in 1694. He was registered as a master of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1707.〔(Peter Snijers ) at the Netherlands Institute for Art History 〕 He became in 1741 one of the directors of the Antwerp Academy, which eventually replaced the Guild of Saint Luke.〔(Pieter Snijers ) on the site of the National Gallery〕 He is reported to have resided in London in the period from 1720 to 1726, where he painted portraits of various members of the nobility.〔"Snyers, Pieter" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889, vol. 5, p. 97.〕 He was given the nickname ''De Heilige'' or ''The Holy One'' because of his calm and pious lifestyle.〔 He married Maria Catharina van der Boven in 1726. This marriage left no children.〔 He was the teacher of his nephew Pieter Jan Snyers and Jacob Xavier Vermoelen.〔〔(Jacob Xavier Vermoelen (1714-1784), Dead Birds at the Foot of a Tree and on a rocky Bank ), on Christie's website〕 He died in Antwerp. His estate included a large collection of art works of major artists of the preceding century showing that he was well-off.〔〔''The Collector's Cabinet: Flemish Paintings from New England Private Collections'', Univ of Massachusetts Press, 1983, p. 112〕 His nephew and pupil Pieter Jan Snyers was heir to his considerable fortune.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pieter Snyers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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