Pieter Neeffs I (1578-1659)
Pieter Neeffs I (1578-1659)

Details
Pieter Neeffs I (1578-1659)

The Interior of a Cathedral, looking East with a Procession of Gentlefolk

on panel
20¾ x 29¼in. (52.8 x 74.3cm.)
Provenance
Probably acquired by Lord George Augustus Cavendish (d. 1794) or his nephew George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington (1754-1834) and recorded in an undated Holker inventory, addendum, and by descent at Holker.
Literature
G.F. Waagen, Galleries and Cabinets of Art in Great Britain, London, 1857, p. 425, (one of) 'Two good, signed pictures'

Lot Essay

Several versions of the present composition exist, most notably that in the Prado and another in a New England private collection, with figures by Frans Francken III (see, for instance, J.A. Weln, catalogue of the exhibition, The Collector's Cabinet, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachussetts, 6 Nov. 1983-19 Jan. 1984, no. 25)

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