Interior of a Gothic Church

Peeter Neefs the Elder Flemish, ca. 1578- 1661

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About the Artwork

Interior of a Gothic Church

between 1630 and 1640

Peeter Neefs the Elder

ca. 1578- 1661

Flemish

Unknown

Oil on oak panel

Unframed: 10 3/8 × 14 1/2 inches (26.4 × 36.8 cm) Framed: 17 × 20 7/8 × 27 9/16 inches (43.2 × 53 × 70 cm)

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European Painting

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.21

This work is in the public domain.

Markings

Inscribed, at bottom of pillar, center left, remnants of what may have been a signature.

Provenance

collection of Corbett-Winder (Vaynor Park, Berriew, Wales)

April 6, 1889, auctioned by (Christie's, London, England), lot 58

1889-1906, purchased by James E. Scripps [1835-1906] (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1906-1909, by descent to his wife, Harriet Scripps [1838-1933] (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Scripps, J.E., Catalogue of a Private Collection of Paintings Ancient and Modern. Detroit, 1897, p. 14, no. 34.

Scripps, J.E. Catalogue of the Scripps Collection Old Masters. DMA. Detroit, 1889, p. 33, no. 31.

Scripps, J.E. Catalogue of a Private Collection of Ancient and Modern Paintings Formed by James E. Scripps. Detroit, 1900, pp. 18-19, no. 50.

Handbook of Paintings by the Old Masters. DMA. Detroit, 1910, p. 51, no. 79.

Burroughs, C. Catalogue of paintings, sculpture and contemporary arts and crafts. DIA. Detroit, 1920, p. 71, no. 72.

Heil, W. Catalogue of Paintings in the Permanent Collection of The Detroit Institute of Arts. DIA. Detroit, 1930, cat. 155, (repr.).

Richardson, E.P. "Architectural Painting in the Netherlands," Bulletin of the DIA 16, no. 7 (1937): pp. 106-113, esp. 107-108.

Richardson, E. P., ed. Catalogue of Paintings. DIA. Detroit, 1944, p. 95, no. 155.

Pictures within Pictures. Exh. cat., Wadsworth Atheneum, Addison Gallery of American Art. Hartford, Andover, 1949, p. 19, cat. 30, pl. 19.

Held, J.S. Flemish and German Paintings of the 17th Century: The Collections of The Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1982, pp. 72-73, (repr.) [as style of Neefs].

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manner of Peeter Neefs the Elder, Interior of a Gothic Church, between 1630 and 1640, oil on oak panel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.21.

Interior of a Gothic Church
Interior of a Gothic Church