Cornelis Jacobsz Delff
Illustration — 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.
Also recorded as Cornelis Delff · Cornelis Jacobsz. Delft · Cornelis Jacobsz. Delff · Cornelis Jacobus Delff
Cornelis Jacobsz Delff
Tako Hajo Jelgersma after Jacob Willemsz Delff · Rijksmuseum · Public domain
- Born
- Cornelis Jacobsz Delff was born, sources differ on the date (about 1570 and about 1571). · Gouda.
- Died
- Cornelis Jacobsz Delff died in 1643. · Delft.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- still life · portrait · fruit · hunting still life
- Teachers
- Cornelis van Haarlem
- Known for
- Poultry Merchant
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — 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.
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Training under Cornelis van Haarlem is recorded. The recorded working language is Dutch. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are still life, portrait, fruit and hunting still life. Places of work recorded in the authority are Delft and Haarlem. Works named in the authority record are Poultry Merchant. Work by Cornelis Jacobsz Delff is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Ashmolean Museum, Rijksmuseum, Frans Hals Museum and Minneapolis Institute of Art.
• Illustration — 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. He was the brother of the painter Willem Jacobsz Delff and a good painter of still lifes. 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. He died in Delft.
Identificatie Titel(s): Portretten van Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, een niet geïdentificeerd persoon en Willem Jacobsz. Delff
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1570
Cornelis Jacobsz Delff was born in 1570.
1643
Cornelis Jacobsz Delff died on 1 January 1643.
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Gouda.
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Delft.
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