IN CONCLUSION...

The more I look at the picture I chose, the more I find myself wondering the exact feelings that Cornelis felt when creating this piece of art work. I want to ask so many questions like, "why did you choose this subject?", or, "why these colors?" So many questions still go unanswered but I feel that the mysteriousness of it all, makes the painting beautiful.

Looking through his other art works, while doing my research, has brought me closer to Bega. I find myself picking at each picture and noticing as much detail as possible. As the genre scenes depict the life that Bega put himself in, or even the lives that he saw around him, I feel that I am entering into a whole new world. The alchemist steadies his hand and measures the ingredients for gold and I stare in silence, trying not to make too much noise to disturb the man.

After learning about his style and some of his life, I'm very happy with the choice I've made; with the artist and the painting.