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A Partridge and Small Game Birds

Jan Fyt Flemish
1650s
Not on view
This small game piece is a mature work by Fyt, whose subtle description of textures—especially in feathers—recalls Dutch still lifes more than works by his Antwerp teacher, Frans Snyders (1579–1657). The popularity of seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish painting in eighteenth-century France influenced painters as diverse as Chardin and Fragonard.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A Partridge and Small Game Birds
  • Artist: Jan Fyt (Flemish, 1611–1661)
  • Date: 1650s
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 18 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (46.4 x 36.2 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Purchase, 1871
  • Object Number: 71.45
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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