Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest

Works named in the authority record are De Zuider Zee off Amsterdam, HNLMS Steam Warship Medusa Forcing Passage through the Shimonoseki Strait and Dutch, English, French and American Squadrons in Japanese Waters during the Expedition under the Command of the French Captain Constant Jaurès, September 1864. Work by Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest is recorded in the collections of Teylers Museum, Amsterdam Museum, Fries Museum, Rijksmuseum and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest was born on 28 February 1828 in Kampen in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. He was the son of a sea captain, Dirk van Heemskerck van Beest, and followed his father to join the Dutch navy at the age of 14. He served in the navy from 1842 to 1853 before resigning and moving to Utrecht where he became a painter, focusing on naval historical pictures and general shipping scenes. He was a pupil of Dirk van Lokhorst, a notable painter of the Dutch modern school. In 1867, Van Heemskerck van Beest moved to The Hague where he became a member of the "De Witte" society in 1872. He then lived in Dalfsen between 1879 and 1885. He was the first teacher of his daughter, the painter Jacoba van Heemskerck. He died at the age of 66 in The Hague on 24 December 1894.

• Illustration — ZM Steamship Medusa forces the entrance to the Strait of Simonoseki between Kioe-Sjioe and Hondo (Japan) • Illustration — A plantation camp of slaves in Surinam, with Gerard Voorduin, 1860-1862 • Illustration — An Arowakka Indian camp, with Gerard Voorduin, 1860-1862 • Illustration — Views of plantations on the river Surinam. Jagtlust and Suzanna's Daal, with Gerard Voorduin, 1860-1862 • Illustration — Post Gelderland and Jews Savannah, Suriname, with Gerard Voorduin, 1860-1862