Abraham Cornelisz. Begeijn (or Bega) was born in Leiden and worked there and in Amsterdam, London and The Hague. In 1688 he was appointed court painter to the Elector of Brandenburg in Berlin. He died in Berlin in 1697.
He was an eclectic artist, specialising in Italianate landscapes, port scenes and paintings of plants with reptiles and insects.
Abraham Begeijn
active from 1655; died 1697
Paintings by Abraham Begeijn
The sky is moody but the scene is one of pastoral tranquillity. A golden light picks out the flanks of the animals which rest peacefully in the foreground and the figure of the woman who chats to the shepherd. This was a fashionable atmospheric effect, characteristic of Italianate landscape paint...
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