Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot

Training under David Vinckboons is recorded. Jacob Duck is recorded as having studied under Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot. The recorded working language is Dutch. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are history and cityscape. Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam, The Hague and Utrecht. Works named in the authority record are The disbanding of the 'waardgelders' (mercenaries in the pay of the town government) by Prince Maurits in Utrecht, 31 July 1618, St Martin cutting off part of his cloak for a beggar and River view. Work by Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Museo del Prado, Nationalmuseum, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec and Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp.

Droochsloot was born and died in Utrecht. He became a member of the Utrecht Guild of Saint Luke in 1616. He later became deacon of the guild in 1623 and regent of the St. Jobs Gasthuis in 1638, deacon of the Dutch Reformed church, and in 1665 officer of the Utrecht schutterij. • Illustration — A village kermesse with numerous peasants feasting, 1628 He was the father and teacher of the painter Cornelis Droochsloot (1630–1673) whose paintings are hard to distinguish from his own, and the teacher of Jacob Duck.

Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot was a versatile painter who was known for his village scenes, landscapes, genre pictures, moral allegories and biblical stories. His early works reflects the influence of Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, David Vinckboons and Esaias van de Velde. He stood in the tradition of Flemish landscape painting, particular of the village scenes as developed by Pieter Brueghel the Elder. His village scenes usually depict a broad village street leading into the distance and houses on both sides. The villages are populated with crowds of coarse peasant figures, dispersed somewhat at random. These figures are individualised and depicted in expressive poses. Droochsloot paid a lot of attention to the details in his compositions. His village scenes often carried a moral message. He had a preference for a reddish-brown palette. The early Dutch artist biographer Arnold Houbraken recounts that Droochsloot's scenes of village kermisses (Boerekermisstuk) were as popular as flower pieces by Bartholomeus Assteyn. He used the monogram "JCODS".

The authorities additionally record the headings Joost Cornelisz. Droochsloot, Joost Cornelisz. Drooghsloot, Joost Cornelisz. Droochsloott, Joost Cornelisz. Drogs Loot and Joost Cornelisz. His recorded language was Dutch. His recorded confession was Reformed Christianity. One child is recorded: Cornelis Droochsloot.

Works recorded as notable number 3: The disbanding of the 'waardgelders' (mercenaries in the pay of the town government) by Prince Maurits in Utrecht, 31 July 1618, St Martin cutting off part of his cloak for a beggar and River view. His recorded genres are history and cityscape.

Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot is recorded as painter, etcher, copper engraver and deacon.