This is a painting of a dark cathedral interior with grand architecture: high vaulted ceilings, arches, columns, and a checkered floor leading to a distant altar near the center of the painting. Light comes in through some arched windows on the left, illuminating patches of the wall, floor, and ceiling. Several people are in the cathedral, walking, sitting, or kneeling by smaller altars. They wear a variety of clothing, some colorful and intricate, others plain and dark.
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Interior of a Church

painter Peeter Neeffs the Elder (Flemish, 1578/1590 - 1656/1661)

c. 1625/1630

Medium
oil on copper
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 46.5 x 58.8 cm (18 5/16 x 23 1/8 in.) ; framed: 69.2 x 81.6 x 9.5 cm (27 1/4 x 32 1/8 x 3 3/4 in.)
Culture
Flemish
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-B
Credit line
Gift of Theodore Francis Green
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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