
Cornelis Jacobsz. Delff (1570–1643) was a
Dutch Golden Age
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still life painter.
Biography

Delff was born in
Gouda
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* Gouda, South Holland, a city in the Netherlands
** Gouda (pottery), style of pottery manufactured in Gouda
** Gouda cheese, type of cheese originally made in and around Gouda
** Gouda railway station
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. According to Houbraken he was first a pupil of his father
, and then of
Cornelis van Haarlem.
[Cornelis Jacobsz. Delff Biography]
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by Arnold Houbraken
Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters.
Life
Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadtwisting'' (Twyndraat) fr ...
, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature He was the brother of the painter
Willem Jacobsz Delff
Willem Jacobsz. Delff (c. October 1580 – 14 April 1638) was a Dutch Golden Age engraver and painter.
Biography
Delff was born and died in Delft. He learned painting from his father, Jacob Willemsz. Delff the Elder, who painted a family ...
and a good painter of still lifes.
[
According to the RKD he became a member of the Delft ]Guild of St. Luke
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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 He died in Delft
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.
References
Cornelis Jacobsz. Delff
on Artnet
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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