Karl Joseph Begas (attributed), Susanna and the Two Old Men. Beginning of the 19th century. Karl Joseph Begas1794 Heinsberg - 1854 Berlin. Charcoal pencil drawing. on ochre paper. Inscribed by another hand (?) "C. Begas" at the lower left side. At the back side with another sketch and two collector's stamps (not in Lugt). Overall yellowed and with slight foxing. Horizontal crease in the centre of the image. Verso at upper margin with paper remains of an older mounting. Dimensions: 46 x 37 cm. Karl Joseph Begas 1794 Heinsberg - 1854 Berlin German painter and progenitor of a family of artists. From 1802 in Cologne and Bonn. First artistic training there by Franz Katz, later in Bonn at the Lyceum by Clemens August Philippart. From 1813 training in Paris with Antoine Jean Gros. There supported with commissions and scholarships by King Frederick William III. Lives in Paris until 1821. 1822-24 travels through Italy, joins the Nazarenes. From 1824 in Berlin, marries Wilhelmine Bock, daughter of the Berlin palace builder Johann Ludwig Bock. His residence becomes the center of intellectual life. 1826 appointed professor at the Prussian Academy of Arts, 1829 member of its senate and teacher of the newly formed class for composition and costume. Around 1828 temporary stylistic change under the influence of the Düsseldorf school of painting. 1846 appointment as royal Prussian court painter by Friedrich Wilhelm IV.