Pieter Neeffs I (1578-c.1661)

The interior of a crypt with the Liberation of Saint Peter

Details

Pieter Neeffs I (1578-c.1661)
The interior of a crypt with the Liberation of Saint Peter
signed and dated '1637 NEFS.' (lower right)
oil on panel
17 x 25¼ in. (43.2 x 64.2 cm.)
The support is stamped with the coat-of-arms of the city of Antwerp.

Provenance

Charles Jennens (d.1773), Ormond St., London, by 1761, and by inheritance at Gopsall, Athelstone, Leicestershire to the 4th Earl Howe.
Mitchell; sale, Robinson and Fisher, 29 Nov. 1923, lot 181.

Literature

R. and J. Dodsley, London and its Environs Described, London, V, 1761, p.85, 'St. Peter released out of Prison by de Neef, the figures by [sic]. Teniers'.

Exhibited

Brussels, Exhibition of Flemish Art of the 17th Century, British Committee, 1910, no.260, when lent by Earl Howe.

Lot Essay

Charles Jennens, the impresario and friend of Handel, formed a very considerable collection of pictures, initially housed in London, where it was comprehensively listed by Dodsley (op. cit. pp. 76-96), and subsequently transferred to Gopsall.

The figures are probably the work of another hand.

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