Cornelis Pietersz Bega, or ''Cornelis Pietersz Begijn'' (1631/32 – 27 August 1664) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver. Bega was born, lived and worked in Haarlem and was the son of sculptor and goldsmith Pieter Jansz. Begijn. His mother Maria was the illegitimate daughter of the Haarlem painter

Cornelis van Haarlem Cornelis Corneliszoon van Haarlem (1562 – 11 November 1638) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and draughtsman, one of the leading Northern Mannerist artists in the Netherlands, and an important forerunner of Frans Hals as a portraitist. Biograph ...

.Cornelis Pietersz Bega
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He assumed the name ''Bega'' when he started working professionally. He was a student of

Adriaen van Ostade Adriaen van Ostade (baptized as Adriaen Jansz Hendricx 10 December 1610 – buried 2 May 1685) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of genre works, showing everyday life of ordinary men and women. Life According to Arnold Houbraken, he and his bro ...

, and produced genre scenes of similar subjects, typically groups of a few peasant figures, often in interior settings, or fanciful figures such as ''The Alchemist'' (Malibu) or '' The Astrologer'' (London). From 1653 to 1654 he traveled by horse and boat on a

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with fellow painters Dirk Helmbreker,

Vincent van der Vinne Vincent Laurensz van der Vinne (1628–1702) was a Dutch Mennonite painter, linen-weaver, and writer. Biography Van der Vinne was born, lived and worked in Haarlem and was a student of Frans Hals for nine months in 1647.

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Guillam Dubois Guillam Dubois (1623–1661), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter. Biography According to the RKD, he was born in Haarlem and became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1646.Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

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. This trip was recorded in Vincent van der Vinne's diaries and gives an accurate view of the art in the cities they visited in those times.Vincent Laurensz van der Vinne; Bert Sliggers, Jr. (forward).
Dagelijckse aentekeninge van Vincent Laurensz van der Vinne
' . 'Daily records of Vincent Laurensz van der Vinne'' Haarlem: Fibula-Van Dishoeck; 1979 ited October 8, 2011 . His dated works begin in 1652, and in 1654 he was accepted into the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke, dying only ten years later, which according to Houbraken was due to the plague.Roy Bolton
''Old Master Paintings & Drawings''
"Cornelis Pietersz. Bega ''A Standing Soldier, seen from Behind''". London: Sphinx Books; 2009 ited October 8, 2011 . pp. 356–357. He was close friends with the Haarlem painter

Leendert van der Cooghen Leendert van der Cooghen ( Haarlem, 9 May 1632 – Haarlem, 18 February 1681) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and printmaker. An amateur artist of independent means, he left a small oeuvre of which his drawings represent the major portion.B.J.L. ...

. When he died he was buried in the grave of his grandfather Cornelis van Haarlem.

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, ''Catalogue of the Dutch School, 1600–1900 (National Gallery (Great Britain)//National Gallery Catalogues) (Vol 1)''. London: National Gallery. (hardcover). (paperback, 1994).
Kornelis Bega biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the

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