BEGA. Lot of 16 etchings.

Cornelis Pietersz Bega, figlio dello scultore e orafo Pieter Jansz Begijn, assunse questo nome quando iniziò la professione. Fu un allievo di Adriaen van Ostade, di cui ripeté con stile più pesante i temi e i caratteri, producendo in particolar modo scene dal soggetto simile, tipicamente gruppi di pochi contadini, spesso in ambienti interni o in scene familiari o figure fantasiose. Non disdegnò opere dal carattere umoristico-satirico, indirizzate soprattutto alla classe borghese del suo tempo. Lo stile delle sue incisioni fu in seguito riprodotto da molti scultori olandesi.

Cornelis Pietersz Bega, son of the sculptor and goldsmith Pieter Jansz Begijn, took on this name when he started his profession. He was a pupil of Adriaen van Ostade, whose themes and characters he repeated in a heavier style, producing in particular scenes with a similar subject, typically groups of a few peasants, often indoors or in family scenes or imaginative figures. He did not disdain works with a humorous-satirical character, addressed above all to the bourgeois class of his time. The style of his engravings was later reproduced by many Dutch sculptors.