Abraham Jansz Begeyn

ABRAHAM JANSZ BEGEYN (Leyde, 1637 - Berlin, 1697).
"Two goats and a kid at the foot of an oak tree at sunset".
Oil on canvas. Relined.
Measurements: 29 x 39 cm; 54 x 64 cm (frame).

Abraham Begeyn was a skilled painter focused on the realization of rural landscapes. He traveled through Rome and Naples. Accepted into the Guild of St. Luke in Leiden in 1655, he moved to London. In 1681, he is documented in The Hague, where he joined the Confrerie Pictura, moving seven years later to the Prussian court in Berlin where he became a royal painter.