Old Master Paintings
Old Master Paintings
Property from a German Private Collection
Pieter Neefs the Younger
Cathedral interior with figures worshipping, promenading and giving alms
Lot Closed
April 6, 02:11 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a German Private Collection
Pieter Neefs the Younger
Antwerp 1620 - after 1675
Cathedral interior with figures worshipping, promenading and giving alms
signed on the column, centre right: P[...]
oil on oak panel
unframed: 44.1 x 54.3 cm.; 17⅜ x 21⅜ in.
framed: 63.8 x 72.8 cm.; 25⅛ x 28⅝ in.
Étienne François, Duc de Choiseul (1719-85);
Probably his sale, Paris, 6-10 April 1772, lot 106 (as Pieter Neefs the Elder and Frans Francken), for 1,002 Livres to Louis-François-Jacques Boileau;
M. Verveer, Paris;
By whom anonymously sold, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 17 March 1943, lot 49 (as Pieter Neefs the Elder and Frans Francken);
Anonymous sale, Paris, Galerie Charpentier, 28 March 1955, lot 23 (as Pieter Neefs the Elder);
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 20 April 1988, lot 67 (as Pieter Neefs the Elder), where acquired.
Probably his sale, Paris, 6-10 April 1772, lot 106 (as Pieter Neefs the Elder and Frans Francken), for 1,002 Livres to Louis-François-Jacques Boileau;
M. Verveer, Paris;
By whom anonymously sold, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 17 March 1943, lot 49 (as Pieter Neefs the Elder and Frans Francken);
Anonymous sale, Paris, Galerie Charpentier, 28 March 1955, lot 23 (as Pieter Neefs the Elder);
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 20 April 1988, lot 67 (as Pieter Neefs the Elder), where acquired.
B.G. Maillet, Intérieurs d'églises 1580–1720. La peinture architecturale des écoles du nord, Wijnegem 2012, p. 343, no. M-0991, reproduced (as Peeter Neefs the Elder or Younger).
Some of the figures within the architectural setting may have been executed by another hand.