BOEL, Pieter
(b. 1622, Antwerpen, d. 1674, Paris)

Still-Life with Owl

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Oil on canvas, 68 x 93 cm
Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent

This unusual Still-Life with Owl was formerly attributed to Frans Snijders' most accomplished pupil, Jan Fyt. However, it is actually ascribed to another pupil of Snijders, namely Pieter Boel. These artists displayed true virtuosity in their rendering of the different textures of fur and plumage.