Cornelis van der Voort or van der Voorde (1576 – buried on 2 November 1624) was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter from the early 17th century.

Life

Very little is known about Van der Voort's early life. He was born in

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; his father was Pieter van der Voort, a painter. It is thought he studied with

Cornelis Ketel Cornelis is a Dutch form of the male given name Cornelius. Some common shortened versions of Cornelis in Dutch are Cees, Cor, Corné, Corneel, Crelis, Kees, Neel and Nelis. Cornelis (Kees) and Johannes (Jan) used to be the most common given ...

. As a young man he was praised by

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. In 1606 his brother Hans, a tailor, bought three parcels on which two houses were built. Hans moved into the one on the corner, and Cornelis in the one next to it. Only a few years later Cornelis sold the house; in 1639

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and his wife

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moved in. Today it is the

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. Around 1613 he was a member of the

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and painted a few schuttersstukken. At some time (before 1620) he inherited the house on the corner of the

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from his brother. Van der Voort probably had seven children and married twice: in 1598 with Geertrui Willems, who died in 1609, and in 1613 with Cornelia Brouwers. He died in

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and was buried on 2 November 1624. In August 1625 his inventory was sold. In 1626 his art business was taken over by

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. His widow moved to

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. Van der Voort painted full-length portraits in contemporary interiors: e.g. of Jan Cornelisz. Geelvinck as one of the ''

regenten In the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, the regenten (the Dutch plural for ''regent'') were the rulers of the Dutch Republic, the leaders of the Dutch cities or the heads of organisations (e.g. "regent of an orphanage"). Though not formally a hered ...

'' of a hospital, of Joan Huydecoper and his late wife and of

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. His work was in great demand and held in high esteem. In 1619 Van der Voort was the head of the Guild of St. Luke. He had a strong influence on the early portraits of

, as well as the work of Nicolaes Eliasz. Pickenoy and

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. His own students included

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