Willem Jacobsz Delff

Training under Jacob Willemsz Delff and Michiel Jansz. Van Mierevelt is recorded. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Delft and Nederland. Work by Willem Jacobsz Delff is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Finnish National Gallery, Nationalmuseum, Stadsarchief Rotterdam and Museum Slot Loevestein.

• Name — Willem Jacobsz Delff • Born — c. October 1580 • Birthplace — Delft, County of Holland, Habsburg Netherlands • Died — 14 April 1638 (aged 57) • Place of death — Delft, Dutch Republic • Known for — * Engraving • Painting • Movement — Dutch Golden Age painting • Training — Jacob Willemsz Delff the Elder • Illustration — Willem Delff's engraving of Michiel van Mierevelt's painting of Maurice of Nassau

Delff was born c. October 1580 in Delft. He learned painting from his father, Jacob Willemsz. Delff the Elder, who painted a family portrait with his sons and wife Maria Joachimsdr Nagel.

Jacob's sons were all artists in their own right; Cornelis (top left in the portrait) became a still life painter, while Rochus (between Cornelis and his father) became a portrait painter like his father.

Willem married a daughter of Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt and became a renowned engraver. His son Jacob Willemsz Delff the Younger became a painter.

He died on 14 April 1638 in Delft.

The authorities additionally record the headings Guglielmus Jacobus Delphius Delfft, Willem Jacobsz. Delfft, Willem Jacobsz. Delft, Guglielmus Jacobus Delphius and Guglielmus Jacobus Delphius Delff. He was the child of Jacob Willemsz Delff. He married Geertruid van Mierevelt. One child is recorded: Jacob Willemsz Delff the Younger.

Willem Jacobsz Delff is recorded as painter, copper engraver and printmaker.