Gueux! (1874); Jacob van Maerlandt (1875); Trial for Witchcraft (1876); Faust and Mephistopheles, Black in Black, Evening Fancy, Page of 17th century (1877); People's Gratitude (1877); L'Enfant au Tarin (1878); Triptych with Death of Jacob Van Maerlandt (1879); Summer Evening (1880); Entombment (1883), Church of Krolingen.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 287; Kunst-Chronik, xiii. 274, 707; xiv. 721.
BEERSTRAATEN, A., second half of 17th
century. Dutch school; landscape painter;
flourished probably at Amsterdam; identified,
by Havard, with Jan B., but wrongly
so, as the following works are all signed
and well authenticated as his: Great Winter
Landscape, Amsterdam Museum; Frozen
River with Skaters, Berlin Museum;
Winter Landscape (1664), Copenhagen
Gallery. Several in private galleries.—Havard,
A. & A., iii. 1; Meyer, Gemälde
köngl. Mus., 30; Repertorium, iii. 442; iv.
300.
BEERSTRAATEN, JAN, born in Amsterdam,
baptized May 31, 1622, died there
in 1687. Dutch school; landscape and marine
painter. His favourite subjects were
winter scenes, with groups of small figures,
painted with great harmony of colour, and
fine contrasts of light and shade. Lingelbach
usually supplied the figures in his marine
pieces. Works: Ancient Port of Genoa,
Louvre; Ruins of old Town Hall (1652),
City Interior in Winter, Sea Battle (1666),
Two Winter Views of Amsterdam, Winter
Landscape, Museum, Amsterdam; St. Olof's
Chapel, Six Collection, ib.; Winter View
of old Town Hall at Amsterdam, An Italian
Seaport, Rotterdam Museum; View of
Dutch Church, Haarlem Gate at Amsterdam,
Copenhagen Museum; Winter View
of Dutch Town, Berlin Museum; Rocky
Coast with Vessels, Storm near Coast,
Dresden Gallery.—Havard, A. & A., holl.,
iii. 1; Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 287.
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BEEST, ALBERT VAN, born at Rotterdam, June 11, 1820, died in New York, Oct. 8, 1860. Marine painter, self-taught; accompanied, when quite young, Prince Henry of the Netherlands on a three years' journey to the East, went in 1845 to America, where he lived mostly in Boston and New York and acquired considerable reputation. William Bradford and R. Swain Gifford were his pupils.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 289.
BEEST, SYBRAND VAN, flourished at
The Hague in 1635-71. Dutch school; landscape
and genre painter, apparently influenced
by Jan van Goyen. Works: Parade
on Coast of Scheveningen (1643), Municipal
Museum, Hague; Market Scene, Rotterdam
Museum; Vegetable Market (attributed to
S. Bles), Stuttgart Gallery; do., (1635), Liechtenstein
Gallery, Vienna; Pig Market (1668),
Peasant's Room (attributed to I. van Ostade),
Stockholm Museum.—Archief v. Nederl. K.,
iv. 117, 129; Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 289.
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BEGA, CORNELIS PIETERSZ, born in
Haarlem, baptized
Nov. 15,
1620, died there,
Aug. 27, 1664.
Dutch school;
genre painter,
one of the best
pupils of Adrian
van Ostade,
though by no
means his equal.
Works: Peasants'
Concert,
Scholar in his
Study, Amsterdam
Museum; Saying Grace, Van der Hoop
Museum, ib.; Company of Smokers, Lille
Museum; Rustic Interior (1662), Louvre,
Paris; Two Ballad Singers, Alchymist in
his Laboratory, Cassel Gallery; Three (two
dated 1663), Städel Gallery, Frankfort; Dentist,
Moltke Gallery, Copenhagen; Musical
Couple, Stockholm Museum; Tippling Scene,
