He was born and worked in Antwerp. He seems to have shared his studio with his elder brother, Gillis. Later he settled in Hoboken. He was a marine, landscape and small-scale figure painter. He painted the figures and statues in 'An Evening Service in a Church'; the church interior is by Pieter Neeffs.
Bonaventura Peeters the Elder
1614 - 1652
Paintings by Bonaventura Peeters the Elder
Pieter Neeffs painted this nocturnal church interior, but it was another Antwerp artist, Bonaventura Peeters, who did the many figures. Only Neeffs signed the picture, however, followed by the year it was painted (1649). The painting, which depicts a chapel during Mass, is a more elaborate versio...
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