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Pieter Neefs the Elder
Habsburg Netherlands, 1568–1659
Pieter Neefs the Elder was a Habsburg Netherlands Flemish Baroque painting painter. 24 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum, most of them oil paintings. Pieter Neefs the Elder was born in Antwerp.
Pieter Neefs the Elder or Pieter Neeffs the Elder (c. 1578 in Antwerp – after 1656 before 1661 in Antwerp) was a Flemish painter who specialized in architectural interiors of churches. Active in Antwerp, he was influenced by the works of the Dutch architectural painters Hendrik van Steenwijk the Elder and the Younger. His principal contribution to the genre were his nocturnal church interiors lit by two light sources.
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