Attack on Travellers

Phoebus Focus VII

Attack on Travellers from The Phoebus Foundation collection was painted by Peter Snayers (1592-1667). It’s not only the tragic subject that speaks to the imagination, for the story of the artist himself, who based a flourishing career on the portrayal of contemporary battle scenes with their dead and dying, is every bit as intriguing. This volume in the Phoebus Focus series is about art, a painter in wartime, and the art of warfare. For as the saying goes, one man’s death is another man’s breath…