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 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.

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.

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,