Pieter Neefs the Elder

Pieter Neeffs I, Interior of Antwerp Cathedral, oil on panel, c. 75 x 107 cm

Pieter Neeffs I (also Neefs; c. 1578 – after 1656) was a Flemish Baroque painter who specialized in architectural interiors of churches.^[1] Active in Antwerp, he was influenced by the works of Hendrik van Steenwijk I and Hendrik van Steenwijk II.^[2] His own contribution to the genre was nocturnal church interior lit by two light sources.^[3] His sons Ludovicus and Pieter Neeffs II painted similar works, and attributions of their individual hands can be difficult.^[4]

Notes

1. Hans Vlieghe (1998). Flemish Art and Architecture, 1585-1700. Pelican history of art. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 201. ISBN 0-300-07038-1.
2. Frans Baudouin, "Pieter Neefs (i)," Grove Art Online, Oxford University Press, [accessed 26 November 2007].
3. Seymour Slive (1995). Dutch Painting 1600-1800. Pelican history of art. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 262. ISBN 0-300-06418-7.
4. Frans Baudouin, "Neefs [Neeffs]," Grove Art Online, Oxford University Press, [accessed 26 November 2007].

Further Reading

• Liedtke , Walter A. (1984). Flemish paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 0870993569. (see index, v.1; plate 54-56, v.2).