Cornelis Jacobsz Delff
Portrait of Cornelis Jacobsz Delff by Tako Hajo Jelgersma after Jacob Willemsz Delff
Cornelis Jacobsz. Delff (1570–1643) was a Dutch Golden Age still life painter.
Biography
Still-Life of Kitchen Utensils
Delff was born in Gouda. According to Houbraken he was first a pupil of his father Jacob Delff, and then of Cornelis van Haarlem.[1] He was the brother of the painter Willem Jacobsz Delff and a good painter of still lifes.[1]
According to the RKD he became a member of the Delft Guild of St. Luke in 1613, and his kitchen still life paintings were followed by Sir Nathaniel Bacon (1585-1627), Gillis Gillisz. de Bergh, and Jan Willemsz. van der Wilde.[2] [2] He died in Delft.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 (Dutch) Cornelis Jacobsz. Delff Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cornelis Jacobsz. Delff in the RKD
External links
- Vermeer and The Delft School, a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which has material on Cornelis Jacobsz Delff
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