title: Matthew Snelling
text: # Matthew Snelling
  
  Matthew Snelling (1621–1678) was an English miniature painter.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Snelling primarily painted miniature portraits, and has works that can be found in the Victoria and Albert Museum. He worked as a limner for over 20 years. His style appears to have been an influence on the miniature painter Thomas Flatman.
  
  