Balthasar Beschey

Balthasar Beschey (Flemish, 1708–1776) has 2 public-domain artworks in the Archive Lane archive, each available as a digital download or a made-to-order print.

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. He played a prominent role in the development of the Academy of Arts in Antwerp and as a teacher.

Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

At a glance

Most of Balthasar Beschey's work on the site falls under Figurative (8), Religion (6), Portraits (3).

By movement, it's catalogued as Rococo (11), Baroque (6), Neoclassicism (2).

Culture: Belgian (19).

By orientation: 12 landscape, 7 portrait.

Dated work in this group ranges from 1737 to 1767.

Other Flemish artists of the period

Artists from the same country and generation, also in the archive:

• John Michael Rysbrack — 39 artworks
• Willem Jacob Herreyns — 16 artworks
• Jan Anton Garemyn — 15 artworks
• Jan Josef Horemans the Younger — 13 artworks
• Joseph van Bredael — 11 artworks
• Hendrik Frans de Cort — 9 artworks
• Joseph Francis Nollekens — 8 artworks
• Carel van Falens — 5 artworks

Prints of these artworks

As well as a free preview and digital download, each of these 2 artworks can be ordered printed, rolled or framed, made to order and shipped locally from $21.99.

Sizes and framing

Sizes are listed in inches and centimetres, with up to 26 sizes available depending on the print type, from small desk pieces up to large statement pieces. A size that doesn't match this artwork's own proportions is centred and trimmed to fit, and each print type's page states exactly how much of the image that removes.