Lot 10
  • 10

Pieter Neefs the Elder

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • Pieter Neefs the Elder
  • The interior of a gothic church
  • oil on copper
  • 6 3/8 x 5 1/8 inches

Provenance

Marquis de Calvières (1693-1776);
Thence by descent;
Private collection, Belgium, 2011;
With Johnny Van Haeften, London, 2011.

Literature

B.G. Maillet, Intérieurs d'Églises 1580-1720, La Peinture Architecturale des Écoles du Nord, Wijnegem 2012, p. 350, cat. no. M-1034, reproduced.

Condition

The painting appears to be in very good condition overall and is ready to hang, with no further work required. The copper is flat and stable, set into a wooden framing element to protect its edges. The paint surface is smooth and intact and there is no evidence of retouching, nor does anything fluoresce under ultraviolet light. Offered in a simply carved dark wood frame.
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