Lodewijck Neeffs

Lodewijck Neeffs or Ludovicus Neeffs (22 January 1617 – 17 October 1649) was a Flemish Augustine monk and Baroque painter. He specialized in architectural interiors of churches. He is the least known of the Neeffs family of painters that was active in Antwerp. Several works attributed to either his father, Pieter the Elder or younger brother, Pieter the Younger might be by his hand. Life Lodewijck Neeffs was baptized on 22 January 1617 in the Antwerp parish of Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe, North. His father was the painter Pieter the Elder and his mother Maria Louterbeens (Lauterbeens). He had a younger brother called Pieter who also was a painter. He trained and worked in his father's workshop, which specialised in paintings of architectural interiors, in particular of churches. His paintings show real as well as imaginary interiors of churches.

Neeffs collaborated with other artists who painted the staffage in his interior views. A collaboration with Frans Francken III is documented on the two church interiors in the Museo del Prado. References and Notes