Young Couple in a Tavern

Cornelis Pietersz Bega1661

The painting is signed cbega 1661. Another second version, signed and dated 1662, exists in the Schloss Ehrenberg collection in Coburg, Germany.

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Title: Young Couple in a Tavern
Creator: Cornelis Bega
Creator Lifespan: 1620 - 1664
Creator Nationality: Dutch
Creator Gender: Male
Creator Death Place: Haarlem
Creator Birth Place: Haarlem
Date Created: 1661
Tags: Dutch
Provenance: Bukowskis, Stockholm, Wilhelmina von Hallwyl, Stockholm 1905
Physical Dimensions: w345 x h390 mm (Without frame)
Painter: Cornelis Bega
Artist info: Cornelis Bega 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. From 1653 to 1654 he went on a Grand Tour with his fellow artists Dirk Helmbreker, Vincent van der Vinne and Guillam Dubois through Germany, Switzerland and France. Bega´s 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.
Type: Oil on canvas

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