Notwithstanding the certificate of examination, it is doubtful that the authorship of your pictures can even be attributed to Cornelis Bega (1631 - 1664). Even if you do not discuss the style of writing, no doubt serve as a source of Napoleon's hat, at least in 4 men. Indeed, in a fashion they entered the French King Louis XIV in the early 1670's., Distributed and include the people, "they began in the 1680's. When they became part of military uniforms, and then they held out for the military and civilian clothing almost all the XVIII century. Look for attachment 1: in 1667 everyone, including the king, even in ordinary hats. And on the embedding of 2 (1672) in cocked only the king and prince of Orleans and the rest as in conventional hats. So Cornelis Bega died even before the three-cornered hats were popular headdress, and he can not be the author of your pictures. In his paintings, hats were not present (see, for example, 3 and 4).
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