The Family
| Reference: | S31247 |
| Author | Cornelis Poetersz BEGA |
| Year: | 1650 ca. |
| Measures: | 120 x 155 mm |
€300.00
| Reference: | S31247 |
| Author | Cornelis Poetersz BEGA |
| Year: | 1650 ca. |
| Measures: | 120 x 155 mm |
€300.00
Description
Etching, without signature.
Example in the second state of two. Magnificent work, printed on contemporary laid paper without watermark, thin margins, signs of fold on diagonal line on verso, in general in good condition.
Cornelis Pietersz Bega, or Cornelis Pietersz Begijn (1631/32 – 1664) was a Dutch painter and engraver. Bega was born, lived and worked in Haarlem and was the son of sculptor and goldsmith Pieter Jansz. Begijn. He was a student of Adriaen van Ostade, and produced genre scenes of similar subjects, typically groups of a few peasant figures, often in interior settings, or fanciful figures such as The Alchemist or The Astrologer. His dated works begin in 1652, and in 1654 he was accepted into the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke, dying only ten years later, which according to Houbraken was due to the plague.
Literature
Dutuit, Hollstein 31 II/II.
Cornelis Poetersz BEGA (Haarlem 1620 - 1664)
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Dutch painter, draughtsman and etcher. He was born into prosperous circumstances; his mother, Maria Cornelis, inherited half the estate (gold, silver, paintings, drawings and prints) and all of the red chalk drawings of her father, Cornelis Cornelisz Van Haarlem, a renowned Mannerist artist. Bega’s father was Pieter Jansz. Begijn (d 1648), a gold- and silversmith. Like other family members, Bega was probably Catholic. Houbraken's claim that Bega studied with Adriaen van Ostade is likely to be correct; this was probably before 24 April 1653, when Bega joined Vincent Laurentsz van der Vinne in Frankfurt for a journey through Germany, Switzerland and France. Bega had returned to Haarlem by 1 September 1654, at which time he joined the Guild of St Luke; he was already a competent draughtsman, as indicated by his first extant dated work, Interior with a Nursing Mother (1652), and by a remarkable double portrait (Amsterdam, Rijksmus.) drawn by him and Leendert van der Cooghen in 1654.
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Cornelis Poetersz BEGA (Haarlem 1620 - 1664)
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Dutch painter, draughtsman and etcher. He was born into prosperous circumstances; his mother, Maria Cornelis, inherited half the estate (gold, silver, paintings, drawings and prints) and all of the red chalk drawings of her father, Cornelis Cornelisz Van Haarlem, a renowned Mannerist artist. Bega’s father was Pieter Jansz. Begijn (d 1648), a gold- and silversmith. Like other family members, Bega was probably Catholic. Houbraken's claim that Bega studied with Adriaen van Ostade is likely to be correct; this was probably before 24 April 1653, when Bega joined Vincent Laurentsz van der Vinne in Frankfurt for a journey through Germany, Switzerland and France. Bega had returned to Haarlem by 1 September 1654, at which time he joined the Guild of St Luke; he was already a competent draughtsman, as indicated by his first extant dated work, Interior with a Nursing Mother (1652), and by a remarkable double portrait (Amsterdam, Rijksmus.) drawn by him and Leendert van der Cooghen in 1654.
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