Artist

Cornelius de Beet

born Amsterdam, Netherlands ca. 1779-died Baltimore, MD 1840
Also known as
  • Corls. de Beet
  • C. de Beet
  • Cornelius de Beet
Born
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Active in
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Nationalities
  • American
Biography

Cornelius de Beet was born and educated in Amsterdam, and had settled in Baltimore by 1810, according to Baltimore city directories. He lived for the remainder of his life there, bringing to the city the Dutch still-life and landscape tradition. His dense compositions of fruits and flowers are like puzzles, offering exciting surprises in the details. (Dean et al., 350 Years of Art & Architecture in Maryland, 1984)