Cornelis Jacobsz. Delff (1570–1643) was a
Dutch Golden Age still life painter.
Biography
Delff was born in
Gouda. According to Houbraken he was first a pupil of his father
Jacob Delff, and then of
Cornelis van Haarlem
Cornelis Corneliszoon van Haarlem (1562 – 11 November 1638) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and draughtsman, one of the leading Northern Mannerist artists in the Netherlands, and an important forerunner of Frans Hals as a portraitist.
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[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
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He was the brother of the painter
Willem Jacobsz Delff and a good painter of still lifes.
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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.][Cornelis Jacobsz. Delff]
in the RKD
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He died in Delft.
References
Cornelis Jacobsz. Delff
on Artnet
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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1570 births
1643 deaths
Dutch Golden Age painters
Dutch male painters
Artists from Delft
Painters from Delft
Dutch still life painters