Balthasar Beschey (1708 - 1776) — Auction price
Lot 186 BALTHASAR BESCHEY (ANTWERP 1708-1776)
Balthasar Beschey (1708 - 1776)
Old Master Paintings & Sculpture Online
Balthasar Beschey
20.11.1708 - 1776
Belgium, Flanders
Balthasar Beschey was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and decorative painter of interiors. He started his career as landscape painter but later on switched to history and portrait painting. Balthasar Beschey painted single as well as group portraits. He also produced a number of genre paintings. He often followed and even copied the work of Rubens and van Dyck in his history paintings and that of Jan Brueghel the Elder in his landscapes. He played a prominent role in the development of the Academy of Arts in Antwerp and as a teacher. Beschey is sometimes recognized for his signature style of using a checkered floor.
CHRISTIE'S
Old Master Paintings & Sculpture Online
Date: 17.12.2020 05:00 UTC +00:00
Number of lots in the catalog: 176
Lot 169 Susanna und die beiden Alten
Balthasar Beschey (1708 - 1776)
Fine art auction
Balthasar Beschey
20.11.1708 - 1776
Belgium, Flanders
Balthasar Beschey was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and decorative painter of interiors. He started his career as landscape painter but later on switched to history and portrait painting. Balthasar Beschey painted single as well as group portraits. He also produced a number of genre paintings. He often followed and even copied the work of Rubens and van Dyck in his history paintings and that of Jan Brueghel the Elder in his landscapes. He played a prominent role in the development of the Academy of Arts in Antwerp and as a teacher. Beschey is sometimes recognized for his signature style of using a checkered floor.
Kunstauktionshaus Neumeister
Fine art auction
Date: 15.07.2020 14:00 UTC +01:00
Number of lots in the catalog: 271