Jacob Andries Beschey

[6] He was the teacher of Philips Bonnecroy (III) (1732–33), Balthasar Beschey II and Antonie Verbruggen (1753) and Petrus Sneyders en Guiglielmus Claessens (1754).

[2] It is possible that his nephew, also called Balthasar, who was the son of his brother Joseph Hendrik active in England, was his pupil.

An example is the Maria Magdalene washing the feet of Christ (Sold at Christie's 13 April 2010 in Amsterdam, lot 92) signed and dated 1735.

It was popular with followers of Rubens and a very similar mirror version was made earlier by Victor Wolfvoet II.

[9] The composition The Rest on the Flight into Egypt (sold at Bonhams 2 May 2012 in London, lot 60) goes back to an initial design by Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari, which was later reprised by Lorenzo Masucci for the Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Morte church in Rome.