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The interior of a cathedral with elegant company, a service in progress in a side chapel
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Pieter Neefs II (Antwerp 1620-1675?)
The interior of a cathedral with elegant company, a service in progress in a side chapel
signed 'P. NEEFS' (lower centre)
oil on panel, stamped on the reverse with the coat-of-arms of the City of Antwerp
18¾ x 28 in. (47.7 x 70.1 cm.)
The interior of a cathedral with elegant company, a service in progress in a side chapel
signed 'P. NEEFS' (lower centre)
oil on panel, stamped on the reverse with the coat-of-arms of the City of Antwerp
18¾ x 28 in. (47.7 x 70.1 cm.)
Provenance
Maria Letizia Bonaparte, 'Madame Mère' (1750-1836), Palazzo Bonaparte, Via del Corso, Rome (according to an old label on the reverse), with whose collection acquired en bloc by
John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury (1791-1852), Alton Towers, Staffordshire, by whom bequeathed to his cousin
Bertram Arthur Talbot, 17th Earl of Shrewsbury (1832-1856), Alton Towers, Staffordshire, in the Talbot Gallery; (+) Christie's, on the premises, 8 July 1857 [=3rd day], lot 292, 'Interior of a Flemish cathedral, with figures by Francks' (37 gns. to Abrahams?).
John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury (1791-1852), Alton Towers, Staffordshire, by whom bequeathed to his cousin
Bertram Arthur Talbot, 17th Earl of Shrewsbury (1832-1856), Alton Towers, Staffordshire, in the Talbot Gallery; (+) Christie's, on the premises, 8 July 1857 [=3rd day], lot 292, 'Interior of a Flemish cathedral, with figures by Francks' (37 gns. to Abrahams?).
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