‘SIGNED IN THE PLATE LOWER LEFT: ?C BEGA?’

– The sitting drinker. A seated man in rustic clothing, wearing a cap, sits on a large barrel holding a stoneware jug with hinged lid. His head is turned downward, eyes focused on the jug. Strong diagonal hatching in background.

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Description

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 5.9 x 8.3 cm (2.32 x 3.27 inch). Image size: 5.9 x 8.3 cm. (2.32 x 3.27 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Trimmed within platemark, paper loss upper right and bottom right corner, otherwise fine impression with good contrasts. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

BEGA, GENRE, DRINKING, TAVERN, DUTCH GOLDEN AGE | PCO-C44-27

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

State: Second state of two.

Reference: Bartsch 16; Hollstein Dutch 16-2(2).

Biography engraver: Cornelis Pietersz. Bega (1631/32-1664), Dutch painter and printmaker, known for intimate genre scenes of taverns, musicians, and peasants. Active in Haarlem and a pupil of Adriaen van Ostade.