Osias Beert

Osias Beert was a painter (1580–1623). He was born at Antwerp.

Also recorded as Osias, I Beirt; Osias, I Beet; Osias, I Beert; Osyas, I Beet; Osyas, I Biert; Osias Beert the Elder.

Osias Beert in brief

Born
1580
Died
1623
Known for
painter
Place of birth
Antwerp
Contents

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Osias, I Beirt, Osias, I Beet, Osias, I Beert, Osyas, I Beet and Osyas, I Biert.

One child is recorded: Osias Beert (II).

Career and activity

His work is associated with Flemish Baroque painting.

He belonged to Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke. He worked at Antwerp.

Work and production

Works recorded as notable number 3: Still life with chinese porcelain, berries, and artichokes, Still life and Still Life with Cherries. His recorded genre is still life.

Catalogued works

40 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service. Their recorded dates run from 1580 to 1650.

Still life with chinese porcelain, berries, and artichokes, dated 1612, held by Rijksmuseum, inventory SK-A-2549. Still life, dated 1650, held by Rijksmuseum, inventory SK-A-4247. Still Life with Cherries, dated 1600, held by Nationalmuseum, inventory NM 3331. Dishes with Oysters, Fruit, and Wine, dated 1615, held by Q214867, inventory 1995.32.1. Still-life with oysters., dated 1610, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory 212908. Basket of Flowers, dated 1615, held by Musées Nationaux Récupération, inventory 1727. Still life with flowers, fruits and nuts, dated 1612, held by Prinsenhof, inventory NK2643. Still life with fruit, sweetmeats and wine, in a niche, dated 1625, held by Instituut Collectie Nederland, inventory NK 1836. Still Life of Flowers in a Basket, dated 1620, held by Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, inventory BF.2012.2. Still life with flowers, dated 1650, held by Bavarian State Painting Collections, inventory 5869. Still Life with Various Vessels on a Table, dated 1610, held by Museum of Fine Arts Boston, inventory L-R 317.2017. Still Life with Oysters, Sweetmeats and Dried Fruit in a Stone Niche, dated 1609, held by Museum of Fine Arts Boston, inventory L-R 1043.2016. Still life with oysters and sweets, in the background "Lazarus and the Rich Man", dated 1610, held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/a19ab13ffb4804fc92be63290128737e. Tableware, held by National Museum in Warsaw, inventory M.Ob.1986 MNW. Still life with artichoke, dated 1612, held by Museum of Grenoble, inventory MG 434. Still-Life with Cherries and Strawberries in China Bowls, dated 1608, held by Gemäldegalerie Berlin, inventory 60.2. still life with 7 fruit, held by Munich Central Collecting Point, inventory 690. still life with oysters, held by Munich Central Collecting Point, inventory 40509. Still-Life with Oysters, Pastries and Fruits, dated 1600, held by Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, inventory 2752. Still-life with fruit, dated 1615, held by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/7d485807fdccc664c5daeef53f978328. Still life with flowers in a woven basket and a floral bouquet in a porcelain vase on a table top with insects, dated 1624, held by Koller Auktionen. Bouquet in a niche, dated 1580, held by Snijders&Rockox House, inventory 77.167. Still life of porcelain vessels containing sweets, pewter plates bearing sweets and chestnuts, three pieces of glassware and a bread roll on a table draped with a mauve cloth, dated 1609. Vase of flowers in a niche, dated 1620, held by Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, inventory 12. Still life with roses, tulips, carnations and other flowers in a Chinese lacquer basket and in a glass vase, dated 1609, held by Richard Green Fine Paintings. Fruit and bread, dated 1612, held by Museum of Grenoble, inventory MG 435. Fruit and glasses, dated 1612, held by Museum of Grenoble, inventory MG 436. Flowers and fruit in vases with other objects, dated 1612, held by Museum of Grenoble, inventory MG 433. Still life of oysters, fruit and glasswork, dated 1615, held by Kunsthandel P. de Boer. Still life of fruit and nuts, a facon de Venise wine glass to the left, dated 1610, held by Kunsthandel P. de Boer. Still life with a roast chicken, a tazza of sweets, a plate of olives, a cup screw and fruit, dated 1612, held by Wallraf–Richartz Museum, inventory WRM 2584. Still life of fruit, with grapes, apricots and plums, dated 1610, held by Gebruder Douwes. Still life with crayfish, oysters, chestnusts and olives, dated 1616. Still life with oysters, sweets and an orange in a niche, dated 1609. Still Life of Sweets on a Pewter Plate and a Façon de Venise Wineglass on a Wooden Ledge, dated 1615. Still life of peaches, pears and strawberries in blue and white porcelain bowls with a glass of wine and butterflies, dated 1604. Hazelnuts, walnuts and fruit on plates and two glasses of wine on a wooden table, dated 1609. Still life with sweets, nuts, bread in porcelan en pewter vessels with 3 pieces of glassware, dated 1609. Fruit still life with two wine glasses on a wooden table, dated 1610. Still life with fruit, nuts, bread and wine, dated 1610.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 10 named public collections.

Kunsthandel P. de Boer: 7 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Instituut Collectie Nederland: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Dienst Verspreide Rijkscollecties: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Richard Green Fine Paintings: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Museum Arnhem: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Museum of Grenoble: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Rijksmuseum: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Beert, Osias, the Younger, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Beert, Osias, the Elder, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Beert [Beet, Beirt, Bert], Osias [Osyas], I, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Porselen ve Nesne Semantiği: ‘Hollanda Barok Resminde İmge, Sembol ve Geçicilik’, Sanat ve İkonografi Dergisi, 2026.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 15 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are still life. The authority associates the name with Flemish Baroque painting.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Antwerp. Membership is recorded of Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke.

Works named in the authority record are Still life with chinese porcelain, berries, and artichokes, Still life and Still Life with Cherries.

Work by Osias Beert is recorded in the collections of Museo del Prado, Nationalmuseum, Museum Arnhem, Prinsenhof and Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

Chronology

  1. 1580Osias Beert born at Antwerp.
  2. 1600Still Life with Cherries (Nationalmuseum).
  3. 1610Still-life with oysters. (National Museum in Warsaw).
  4. 1612Still life with chinese porcelain, berries, and artichokes (Rijksmuseum).
  5. 1615Dishes with Oysters, Fruit, and Wine (Q214867).
  6. 1615Basket of Flowers (Musées Nationaux Récupération).
  7. 1623Osias Beert died at Antwerp.
  8. 1650Still life (Rijksmuseum).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Beert [Beet, Beirt, Bert], Osias [Osyas], I, Oxford Art Online, 2003

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Beert, Osias, the Elder, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Beert, Osias, the Younger, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming Osias Beert.

    open access index · Unverified

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  5. 5.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1857977: Osias Beert

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  6. 6.

    “Osias Beert”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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