Cornelis Pietersz Bega

Cornelis Bega
Self-portrait
Birth name	Cornelis Pietersz Bega
Born	c. 1631-2 Haarlem, Netherlands
Died	August 27, 1664(1664-08-27)
Nationality	Nederland
Field	Painting, Engraving
Movement	Baroque

The Alchemist, 1663

Cornelis Pietersz Bega, or Cornelis Pietersz Begijn (Haarlem, Netherlands 1631/1632–27 August 1664) was a Dutch painter and engraver.

He lived and worked in Haarlem and was the son of sculptor and goldsmith Pieter Jansz. Begijn. His mother Maria was the daughter of the Haarlem painter Cornelis van Haarlem. He assumed the name Bega when he started working professionally. 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 (Malibu) or The Astrologer (London).

From 1653 to 1654 he traveled by horse and boat on a Grand Tour with fellow painters Dirk Helmbreker, Vincent van der Vinne and Guillam Dubois through Germany, Switzerland and France. This trip was recorded in Vincent van der Vinne's diaries and gives an accurate view of the art in the cities they visited in those times.^[1] His dated works begin in 1652, and in 1654 he was accepted into the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke, dying only ten years later, possibly of the plague.^[2]

See also

Dutch Golden Age

References

1. ^ Vincent Laurensz van der Vinne; Bert Sliggers, Jr. (forward). Dagelijckse aentekeninge van Vincent Laurensz van der Vinne (Dutch). [Daily records of Vincent Laurensz van der Vinne]. Haarlem: Fibula-Van Dishoeck; 1979 [cited October 8, 2011]. ISBN 978-90-228-3898-3.
2. ^ Roy Bolton. Old Master Paintings & Drawings. "Cornelis Pietersz. Bega A Standing Soldier, seen from Behind". London: Sphinx Books; 2009 [cited October 8, 2011]. ISBN 978-1-907200-01-4. pp. 356–357.

• Neil MacLaren, Catalogue of the Dutch School, 1600–1900 (National Gallery (Great Britain)//National Gallery Catalogues) (Vol 1). London: National Gallery. ISBN 978-0-947645-99-1 (hardcover). ISBN 978-0-300-06137-6 (paperback, 1994).
• Kornelis Bega biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature. (Dutch)

External links

• Works and literature on PubHist
• biography

Persondata
Name	Bega, Cornelis Pietersz
Alternative names	Cornelis Pietersz Begijn
Short description	Dutch painter and engraver
Date of birth	1631/1632
Place of birth	Haarlem, Netherlands
Date of death	27 August 1664
Place of death	Haarlem, Netherlands