The Interior of the Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp, with Mass being Celebrated on One of the Altars, and Other Elegant Figures Conversing
Peter Neefs the younger (Antwerp 1620 – Antwerp after 1675) and a follower of Frans Francken II (Antwerp 1581 - Antwerp 1642)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1656 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
508 x 699 mm (20 x 27 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Antwerp
Order this imageCollection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 2900121
Summary
Oil painting on panel, The Interior of the Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp, with Mass being Celebrated on One of the Altars, and Other Elegant Figures Conversing, by Pieter Neefs II (1620-after 1675) and a follower of Frans Francken II (Antwerp 1581 - Antwerp 1642), signed and dated, lower right, on the column: 'P. NEFS / 1656'.
Provenance
William Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart (1859-1935), at Ham House by 1904 - in a old photograph of the 'Miniature Room' (now the 'Green Closet') in Ham House, Surrey; by descent with the house to his second cousin Sir Lyonel Tollemache, 4th Bt (1854-1952); by descent to his grandaughter Barbara Judd (1926-2013); purchased by the National Trust at auction at Christie's, South Kensington, London, 30 April 2015 (lot 471)
Makers and roles
Peter Neefs the younger (Antwerp 1620 – Antwerp after 1675) and a follower of Frans Francken II (Antwerp 1581 - Antwerp 1642) , artist Peter Neefs the younger (Antwerp 1620 – Antwerp after 1675), artist follower of Frans Francken II (Antwerp 1581 - Antwerp 1642) , artist previously catalogued as by Hendrik van Steenwyck the elder (Steenwyck, Holland 1550 – Frankfurt 1603), artist
References
Joel 1911 W.C. Joel, A Catalogue and Valuation of the Furniture, Plate, Books, Pictures and Engravings at Ham House, Petersham, Surrey, Richmond, 1911, p. 130