Cornelis Bega (Artist, 1620-1664) Haarlem, Netherlands
Young Couple in a Tavernc. 1661
Oil on canvas
height: 39 cm (15.3 in); width: 34.5 cm (13.5 in)
Hallwyl Museum
The man on the left, facing the woman' and sitting on a rough gray bench, right arm in front of his chest, in his hand a chalk pipe, his left hand resting on his thigh and holding a red-brown four-sided dish on his knee. The woman seated apparently on the same bench, next to the man but in the opposite direction, her upper body facing him, in her right hand a tall glass, mostly hidden by the man's cap, her left hand on the man's left wris. Behind the man on another bench, a man sitting facing away in a dark brown beret-like cap. To the right, somewhat in the background, a seated man facing him in a brown hat with a dented peak and folded brim. Next to these on the left, a standing barrel with wooden bands, each containing a large four-sided glass bottle with yellowish-brown contents and a white paper. On golf course in front of the barrel is a grey-brown plank stump. To the right, behind the woman, a seated man, supporting his crossed arms against stacked dark packages. More on this painting
Cornelis Bega (Artist, 1620-1664) Haarlem, Netherlands Peasants in a Tavern, c. 1662
Oil on canvas
48.6 x 41.5 cm
Szépművészeti Múzeum
Cornelis Bega (Artist, 1620-1664) Haarlem, Netherlands A peasant woman seduced by a man in an interior
Oil on canvas
37.2 x 32.7 cm.
Private collection
Sold for EUR 213,600 in May 2005
HThe present work is afine example of the low-life genres Bega liked to paint. The influence of Adriaen van Ostade is evident in style, in the restrained palette, vivid accents and subject matter, and would suggest that the painting is a relatively early work by the artist. The attractive, balanced composition and intimate atmosphere of only a few people in an interior points however towards an already personalized style and therefore at least not from the artist's very earliest career.
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Cornelis Pietersz Bega, attributed to
Tavern Scene (Ill Matched Couple)
Oil on panel
32.5 x 24 cm.
Private collection
Estimated for €2,500 EUR - €3,500 EUR in May 2023
Cornelis Pietersz Bega, or Cornelis Pietersz Begijn (1631/32 – 27 August 1664) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver.
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.
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. 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. He was close friends with the Haarlem painter Leendert van der Cooghen. When he died he was buried in the grave of his grandfather Cornelis van Haarlem.
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