Una colaboración entre Rubens y Snyders a propósito de la representación pictórica de ofidios. Tres obras con serpientes, de Snyders, en museos de Madrid.: Tres obras con serpientes, de Snyders, en museos de Madrid.

Saúl Yubero-Hierro

doi:10.5209/eiko.98337

A collaboration between Rubens and Snyders on the pictorial representation of ophidians.

Three works with snakes by Snyders displayed in museums in Madrid.

Saúl Yubero-Hierro University of Granada https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9922-575X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/eiko.98337

Keywords: Rubens; Snyders; Cerralbo Museum; Prado Museum; inter-specific mating.

Abstract

The collaboration between Rubens and Snyders was very fruitful, but doubts sometimes arise as to the hands that collaborated with the author of Head of Medusa, as Rubens retouched his own and others' works. Three canvases with snakes portrayed by Snyders are exhibited in museums in Madrid. The aim is to contribute to the hypothesis of collaboration in that painting.

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Yubero-Hierro, Saúl. “A Collaboration Between Rubens and Snyders on the Pictorial Representation of Ophidians.: Three Works With Snakes by Snyders Displayed in Museums in Madrid”. Eikón / Imago 14 (February 7, 2025): e98337. Accessed July 10, 2026. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/EIKO/article/view/98337.

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