Master Paintings and Drawings
Master Paintings and Drawings
Property from a West Coast Private Collection
The Church of Saint Walburga in Antwerp, with a Mass being said, many figures, and a door open on the right
Lot Closed
October 22, 03:25 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
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Property from a West Coast Private Collection
Pieter Neefs the Younger
Antwerp 1620 - after 1675
The Church of Saint Walburga in Antwerp, with a Mass being said, many figures, and a door open on the right
signed and dated center right: Peeter / Neeffs / 1658
oil on canvas
canvas: 22¾ by 32¾ in.; 57.8 by 83.2 cm.
framed: 28 by 38 in.; 71.1 by 96.5 cm.
This interior of the Antwerp church of Saint Walburga, which was demolished in 1817, comes close in composition to another painting by Pieter Neefs the Younger that is dated 1656 and is today in a private collection.1
1. Oil on canvas, 38.7 by 52.7 cm, https://rkd.nl/explore/images/10647.