Cornelius De Beet
Still Life with Fowl in Landscape
c. 1810-1840
Physical Qualities
Oil on wood panel, Framed: 31 1/2 x 36 5/8 x 3 5/8 in. (80 x 93 x 9.2 cm) Sight: 23 7/8 x 29 1/8 in. (60.6 x 74 cm)
Credit Line
W. Clagett Emory Bequest Fund, in Memory of his Parents, William H. Emory of A and Martha B. Emory
Object Number
1961.37
Cornelius de Beet began to advertise in the Baltimore City Directories in 1810. His name appeared regularly through 1840, not only in the directories, but also in newspaper accounts. He was identified variously as an ornamental, landscape, and fancy painter. This particular image combines landscape with still life. De Beet exhibited his work at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1812 to 1832. He also participated in the First Annual Exhibition at the Peale Museum in Baltimore in 1822. De Beet is buried in Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore.
Barrett and De Beet, Baltimore (nephews of the artist); Gertrude Jones (Mrs. L.C.), Baltimore, from her father
Sona Johnston, BMA organized, "The Art of Still Life from The Baltimore Museum of Art," circulated to The Academy Art Museum, Easton, August 3 - October 6, 2007; and Mitchell Gallery, St. John's College, Annapolis, August 25, 2010 - October 10, 2010.
Sona K. Johnston, "American Painting 1750-1900 from the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," 1983, pp. 43-44, ill. p. 44.
Inscribed: I.I. in tan, "Painted by C de Beet"
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Scott 08
