# Interior of a Church

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## Artwork

- Artist: [NEEFFS, Pieter the Elder](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/neeffs-pieter-the-elder-r18d952eca2d0cf>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on copper

## Commentary

The Steenwijck tradition of painting church interiors was continued in Antwerp by the Flemish painters Peeter Neeffs the Elder, who entered the Antwerp guild in 1609 and died c. 1656, and his son Peeter Neeffs the Younger, their hands often are virtually indistinguishable. Neeffs the Elder, however, made one innovation; he can be credited with popularizing church interiors seen by night dramatically illuminated by one or two sources of artificial light.

## Related artworks

- [Church Interior](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/neeffs-pieter-the-elder-r18d952eca2d0cf/church-interior-r60efa270f9c80c>)
- [Church Interior](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/neeffs-pieter-the-elder-r18d952eca2d0cf/church-interior-ra766b7607d272f>)
- [Interior of a Church](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/neeffs-pieter-the-elder-r18d952eca2d0cf/interior-of-a-church-r1849ae2ec51055>)
- [Interior of a Church](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/neeffs-pieter-the-elder-r18d952eca2d0cf/interior-of-a-church-rdc32ceaac6097d>)
- [Interior of a Flemish Church](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/neeffs-pieter-the-elder-r18d952eca2d0cf/interior-of-a-flemish-church-rabd2755d89d34a>)
- [Interior of a Gothic Cathedral](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/neeffs-pieter-the-elder-r18d952eca2d0cf/interior-of-a-gothic-cathedral-r7db140a0440860>)
- [Interior of a Gothic Church](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/neeffs-pieter-the-elder-r18d952eca2d0cf/interior-of-a-gothic-church-r42e2c4a963d77a>)
- [Interior of a Gothic Church](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/neeffs-pieter-the-elder-r18d952eca2d0cf/interior-of-a-gothic-church-r6a213cb8d62319>)
- [Interior of a Gothic Church](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/neeffs-pieter-the-elder-r18d952eca2d0cf/interior-of-a-gothic-church-ra321c01f178663>)
- [Interior of a Gothic Church](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/neeffs-pieter-the-elder-r18d952eca2d0cf/interior-of-a-gothic-church-ra8e136f1c753ca>)
- [Interior of Antwerp Cathedral at Night](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/neeffs-pieter-the-elder-r18d952eca2d0cf/interior-of-antwerp-cathedral-at-night-r069a06ac4dd000>)
- [Liberation of St Peter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/neeffs-pieter-the-elder-r18d952eca2d0cf/liberation-of-st-peter-rd8e1e4f9a3b117>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)