Jan Fijt or Joannes Fyt was a Flemish Baroque painter of the Antwerp School and a pupil of Frans Snyders, draughtsman and etcher. One of the leading still life and animaliers of the 17th century, he was known for his refined flower and fruit still lives, depictions of animals, garland painting and lush hunting pieces, and combinations of these subgenres, such as game, flowers and fish under a festoon of flowers. He was probably the master of the prominent Pieter Boel, who worked in a style very similar to that of Fyt. Jacob Jordaens also called on Fijt to add animals to his works.