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Artists›Cornelis Pietersz Bega

Cornelis Pietersz Bega

Dutch Republic, 1631–1664

WA-00023182

Germany

PrintmakingBaroque

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WikidataQ421775

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BiographyWikidata· 92%✓

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Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q421775
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About

Why this artist matters now

Cornelis Pietersz Bega was a Dutch painter and printmaker of the 17th century known for genre scenes depicting peasant life, tavern interiors, and domestic scenes rendered in warm, earthy tones. Active in Haarlem during the mid-1600s, he produced paintings and etchings that captured the texture of ordinary Dutch life with a keen eye for narrative detail and material texture. His work bridges the naturalism of earlier Flemish tradition with the commercial genre painting market of the Dutch Golden Age. Bega died at thirty-three, leaving a relatively compact but influential body of work.

Source: Wikidata · Trust score: 40% · Updated 10d ago

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Baroque

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Printmaking

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Art Institute of Chicago The Metropolitan Museum of Art Rijksmuseum

Canonical record

Artworks (15)

Seated Woman, in Profile to the Right, with a Pitcher in her Right Hand

1661 · paper, chalk

width: 174 cm, height: 254 cm

Rijksmuseum

Boy in a Beret, Leaning Back

1661 · prepared paper, chalk

width: 145 cm, height: 156 cm

Rijksmuseum

Study of a Woman, Bust Length, Facing Slightly Left and Looking Down

1661 · paper, chalk

height: 133 cm, width: 114 cm

Rijksmuseum

Seated Woman, in Profile to the Left, Wearing an Apron

1660 · paper, chalk

width: 193 cm, height: 265 cm

Rijksmuseum

Seated Woman, Facing Left and Wearing a Cap, with her Arm Slung over the Back of a Chair Left

1660 · chalk, paper

width: 215 cm, height: 344 cm

Rijksmuseum

Study of a Woman, Bust Length, Wearing a Headdress, Facing Right

1660 · paper, chalk

height: 134 cm, width: 114 cm

Rijksmuseum

A Man Caressing the Young Hostess

1660 · Etching in black on ivory laid paper

Image: 19.8 × 16.5 cm (7 13/16 × 6 1/2 in.); Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 22.6 × 17.3 cm (8 15/16 × 6 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Woman Seated Near a Basket on a Stool

1650 · Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on blue paper; framing line in pen and brown ink, probably by a later hand

Sheet: 8 9/16 × 6 3/4 in. (21.7 × 17.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study of a seated man, one hand resting inside his jacket (recto); Unfinished study on a seated man (verso)

1650 · Black chalk, with touches of white chalk, on blue paper

Sheet: 10 1/8 × 7 9/16 in. (25.7 × 19.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Peasants making Music and Dancing

1650 · oil paint (paint), canvas

height: 47 cm, width: 40.5 cm

Rijksmuseum

Peasants Gathered at an Inn

1646 · Black chalk on vellum

sheet: 12 5/8 x 11 7/16 in. (32 x 29 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woman Holding a Jug and a Study of her Head Seen from the Left

1646 · Black chalk, heightened with white on blue paper

6 13/16 x 5 1/16 in. (17.3 x 12.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Young Innkeeper

1640 · Etching on cream laid paper

Plate: 17.4 × 15.6 cm (6 7/8 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 18.2 × 16.4 cm (7 3/16 × 6 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Three Peasants by a Fireplace

1640 · Etching printed in black on paper

7.7 × 5.9 cm (3 1/16 × 2 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Young Man Caressing the Young Hostess

1640 · Etching in black on paper

Image: 19.7 × 16.4 cm (7 13/16 × 6 1/2 in.); Sheet: 20.5 × 16.8 cm (8 1/8 × 6 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (3)

15 published of 15 catalogued · 15 with image

Rijksmuseum
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The Met
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Art Institute Chicago
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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

Peasants making Music and Dancing
1650 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Seated Woman, in Profile to the Left, Wearing an Apron
1660 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Boy in a Beret, Leaning Back
1661 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Seated Woman, in Profile to the Right, with a Pitcher in her Right Hand
1661 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Seated Woman, Facing Left and Wearing a Cap, with her Arm Slung over the Back of a Chair Left
1660 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Study of a Woman, Bust Length, Facing Slightly Left and Looking Down
1661 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Study of a Woman, Bust Length, Wearing a Headdress, Facing Right
1660 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Movements1

Baroque

Collections3

Art Institute of Chicago The Metropolitan Museum of Art Rijksmuseum

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Art Institute of Chicago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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