# Greyhound Catching a Young Wild Boar [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SNYDERS, Frans]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 100 x 130 cm ## Commentary A variety of artists active in Rubens' immediate circle specialized in landscapes, still-lifes or animal paintings and were called on from time to time to add those elements to larger compositions by other painters. Best-known among these figures is Frans Snyders. His image of a Greyhound Catching a Young Wild Boar is a characteristic example of the dramatic animal paintings that were so successful in the 17th century. ## Related artworks - [Boar Hunt]() - [Concert of Birds]() - [Concert of Birds]() - [Concert of Birds]() - [Cook with Food]() - [Fish Stall]() - [Fish Stall]() - [Fishmonger's]() - [Fruit and Vegetable Stall \(detail\)]() - [Fruit and Vegetable Stall]() - [Fruit Stall]() - [Fruit Stall]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()