Dead Game and Weasels

ca. 1642

Jan Fyt Flemish, 1611-1661

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Dutch Golden Age, Level 3, South Wing

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Title Dead Game and Weasels

Artwork Date ca. 1642

Artist Jan Fyt

Life Dates 1611-1661

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Flemish

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Oil on oak-veneered masonite panel

Dimensions Unframed: 29 5/8 × 37 1/8 inches (75.2 × 94.3 cm) Framed: 40 3/8 × 46 1/2 × 3 inches (102.6 × 118.1 × 7.6 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department European Painting

Credit City of Detroit Purchase

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 28.94

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1890, Warneck (Paris, France)

1928, (Arthur Sambon, Paris, France)

1928-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Heil, W. Catalogue of Paintings in the Permanent Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1930, cat. 81.

Valentiner, W.R. "Still Life Paintings." Bulletin of the DIA 15, no. 4 (1936): pp. 46-50 (ill.).

Richardson, E.P., ed. Detroit Institute of Arts Catalogue of Paintings. Detroit, 1944, p. 49, no. 81.

Sullivan, S.A. "Frans Snyders: Still Life with Fruit, Vegetables and Dead Game." Bulletin of the DIA 59, no. 1 (1981): pp. 35-36 (fig. 10).

Held, J.S. Flemish and German Painting of the 17th Century, The Collections of the Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1982, pp. 58-60 (ill.).

Cohen, Sarah R. Picturing Animals in Early Modern Europe: Art and Soul. London, 2022, p. 163 (fig. 7.11).

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Easter Egg

Czech Republic

early 20th century

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