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Balthasar Beschey
Southern Netherlands, 1708–1776
Balthasar Beschey was a Southern Netherlands Rococo painting painter. 11 works are cataloged here, principally at Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, most of them oil paintings. Balthasar Beschey was born in Antwerp.
Balthasar Beschey (1708, Antwerp – 1776, Antwerp) 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. 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.
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