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PIETER NEEFFS the Elder

Antwerp 1578-1656/61

Oil on copper 2,4 x 8,4 cm. (oval)
One signed lower left with monogram ‘PN’

Provenance
Sale Sotheby’s, Monaco, 1993, lotno. 70
Private collection, Vienna
With Kunsthandel P. de Boer, Amsterdam, 2012
Private collection, Switzerland

Pieter Neeffs was a painter of architectural compositions and began his career as a pupil of Hendrick van Steenwijck.

In 1609 he entered the Guild of Antwerp and in 1612 he married Maria Lauterbeens. Their son, Pieter Neeffs the Younger, became a pupil of his father and went on to become a well known painter in his own right. The majority of Pieter Neeffs compositions were based on churches and cathedrals in Antwerp and he is renowned for his accuracy in depicting architectural details. He often collaborated with other artists, supplying the architectural settings in which they placed their figures. These artists included Jan Brueghel, Sebastiaen Vrancx, Adriaen van Stalbempt and David Teniers.

Museums where his paintings can be found are in Aix en Provence, Bonn, Amsterdam, Cambridge and Moskov.

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