Live Auction 17196Old Masters Day Sale
Peter Snijers (Antwerp 1681-1752)
Lot 132

Peter Snijers (Antwerp 1681-1752)

A forest floor with a mouse and a chestnut

Closed5 July 2019

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GBP 27,500

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Peter Snijers (Antwerp 1681-1752)
A forest floor with a mouse and a chestnut
oil on panel
11 1/8 x 9 in. (28.2 x 22.8 cm.)

(Possibly) Goris collection; Bincken, Antwerp, 1 September 1767, lot 48, as 'P. Snyers, Een Stuksken, waer op een Muys' (13 guilders 10 stuivers).
(Probably) Philip Meadows (d. 1786), and by inheritance to,
Meadows Taylor (1755-1842), and by descent in the family to,
Commander P. H. B. Taylor (d. 1989), The Manor House, Diss, Norfolk; Thomas William Gaze & Son, on the premises, 20 June 1990, lot 429, as 'Dutch School, late 17th century', where acquired by the late owner, and by descent.

Specialist note

We are grateful to Dr. Fred G. Meijer for proposing the attribution after first-hand inspection and for his assistance in the cataloguing of this lot.