On 'd'oorloghs wree Canonnen': Peeter Snayers (1592-1667) and the development of the topographical battle scene. The representation of war and peace within the artistic, political and socio-economic dynamics of 17th-century Brussels. KU Leuven
In this doctoral thesis the topographical battle iconography in seventeenth-century painting was studied based on four research questions with regard to composition of this type of works, its relation to visual tradition, its truthfulness, function(s) and meaning(s). These questions were addressed by analysing an oeuvre that has never been studied systematically before, that of the Brussels battle scene painter Peter Snayers (1592-1667), one of ...