Pieter Neefs I (Antwerp? 1578-1656/61) and Frans Francken II (Antwerp 1581-1642)

The interior of a Gothic church with elegant company

Details

Pieter Neefs I (Antwerp? 1578-1656/61) and Frans Francken II (Antwerp 1581-1642)
The interior of a Gothic church with elegant company
signed 'P. NEFS' (lower right)
oil on panel
13 x 20 in. (34.9 x 51.4 cm.)

Provenance

Galerie Charpentier; sale, Paris, 25 June 1957, lot 66.

Literature

Bulletin de Muse National de VarsoviE XIX, 1970, p. 17, no. 1-2.
E. Gremar-Koeltzch, Hollndische Stillebenmaler im 17 Jahrhundert, Lingen, 1995, III, p. 731, no. 230/3, as dated 1677.

Lot Essay

Although primarly known as a portraitist there are a few high quality still lifes in the style of Abraham van Beyeren by Pieter Nason, two of which are in the Gemldegalerie, Berlin and the Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen.

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