# Still-Life with Owl

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BOEL, Pieter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boel-pieter-r315303b800ce40>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 68 x 93 cm

## Commentary

This unusual Still-Life with Owl was formerly attributed to Frans Snijders&#39; 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.

## Related artworks

- [Hounds Assailing a Boar](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boel-pieter-r315303b800ce40/hounds-assailing-a-boar-ra9cb1c5b630807>)
- [Hunting Still-Life with Dogs and a Dead Swan](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boel-pieter-r315303b800ce40/hunting-still-life-with-dogs-and-a-dead-swan-rdd66a90b304e2c>)
- [Large Vanitas Still-Life \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boel-pieter-r315303b800ce40/large-vanitas-still-life-detail-rbed74d99865ab9>)
- [Large Vanitas Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boel-pieter-r315303b800ce40/large-vanitas-still-life-r7c5736936ad325>)
- [Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boel-pieter-r315303b800ce40/still-life-r87057a10454de1>)
- [Still-Life with Dead Wild-Duck](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boel-pieter-r315303b800ce40/still-life-with-dead-wild-duck-r36d5e0712ce52a>)
- [Studies of a Fox](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/boel-pieter-r315303b800ce40/studies-of-a-fox-rb93a2e41e1b979>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)