Pieter Ii Neefs

Pieter Neefs II (Antwerp 1620-after 1659) The interior of the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe-Kerk in Antwerp with elegant figures conversing oil on panel 48.2 x 81.2 cm. “ ! ”: Lot is imported from outside the EU. For each Lot the Buyer’’’’s Premium is calculated as 37.75% of the Hammer Price up to a value of €30,000, plus 31.7% of the Hammer Price between €30,001 and €1,200,000, plus 22.02% of any amount in excess of €1,200,000. Mrs. Zoccola, Capetown. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 10 December 1975, lot 37. Anonymous sale; Christie's, 12 October 1979, lot 82, where the figures are attributed to Frans Francken II.

Pieter Neeffs II (Antwerp 1620-after 1675) Interior of a Gothic church with elegant figures and dogs in the foreground and a Mass beyond signed and dated 'peeter neeffs 1653' (centre right) oil on canvas 20 x 24 in. (50.7 x 60.9 cm.) Sir Drummond Cospatric Hamilton-Spencer-Smith, 5th Bt., O.B.E. (1876-1955). Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, on loan, 1947-1956.

Pieter Neefs II (Antwerp 1620-after 1659) The interior of a cathedral with elegant figures, a procession beyond with signature 'PEETER NEEFS' (on the column, lower left) oil on canvas 19 x 25¼ in. (48.3 x 64.2 cm.) with De Beisac, Wiesbaden, by 1990. Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 16 November 2005, lot 130, where acquired by the present owner.

Lot Description Pieter Neefs II (Antwerp 1620-after 1675) Interior of a cathedral by candlelight signed and dated 'PEETER NEEFFS 1644' (lower left) oil on panel, unframed 23¾ x 36 3/8 in. (60.4 x 92.5 cm.) Special Notice VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on thebuyer's premium. Provenance Crowe & Co., London; Christie's, London, 29 April 1935, lot76, as 'P. Neeffs' (14 gns. to Stambris [?]). View Lot Notes › The figures are in the style of Bonaventura Peeters, an artistwho often supplied Neefs with staffage.

Pieter Neefs II (Antwerp 1620-after 1659) An interior of a Gothic church with elegant figuresconversing oil on panel 47 x 64 cm. Provenance Anonymous sale; Dorotheum, Vienna, 2 October 2002, lot 256, as'attributed to Pieter Neefs II', where acquired by the family ofthe present owners. Lot Notes We are grateful to Dr. Walter Liedtke from the MetropolitanMuseum of Art, New York, for confirming the attribution on thebasis of photographs (written communication, 16 February2010).