Neeffs was probably born in Antwerp, where he may have been taught by Hendrick van Steenwyck the Elder. He worked in Antwerp. He was a painter of church interiors.
Pieter Neeffs the Elder
active 1605 - 1656/61
Paintings by Pieter Neeffs the Elder
Pieter Neeffs painted this nocturnal church interior, but it was another Antwerp artist, Bonaventura Peeters, who did the many figures. Only Neeffs signed the picture, however, followed by the year it was painted (1649). The painting, which depicts a chapel during Mass, is a more elaborate versio...
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It seems a service is about to begin in this chapel: the two candles on the altar are being lit. The altar itself is adorned with a painted altarpiece, on which the holy family – Saint Joseph, the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child – are just visible, painted loosely in blue and grey. An elaborate...
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