Lot 186: BALTHASAR BESCHEY (ANTWERP 1708-1776) - An elegant company, traditionally identified as the wedding of Jacob Johannes Cremers,

BALTHASAR BESCHEY (ANTWERP 1708-1776)
An elegant company, traditionally identified as the wedding of Jacob Johannes Cremers, all seated and making music on a terrace; and A portrait of Jacques-Jean Cremers (1736- after 1803) and his wife, dancing, on a garden terrace surrounded by other members of the family, playing music

the first signed and dated 'B: Bescheij 1768' (lower left); the second signed 'Bescheij' (lower left)
oil on canvas
30 x 42 in. (76.2 x 106.7 cm.)
a pair