Willem Jacobsz Delff
Willem Jacobsz Delff | |
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 Father's family portrait, c. 1590. Willem is the boy on the lower left. | |
| Born | c. October 1580 |
| Died | 14 April 1638 (aged 57) |
| Education | Jacob Willemsz Delff the Elder |
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| Movement | Dutch Golden Age painting |
Willem Jacobsz Delff (c. October 1580 – 14 April 1638) was a Dutch Golden Age engraver and painter.
Early life
[edit]Delff was born c. October 1580 in Delft.[1] He learned painting from his father, Jacob Willemsz. Delff the Elder, who painted a family portrait with his sons and wife Maria Joachimsdr Nagel.
Career
[edit]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.
Personal life
[edit]Willem married a daughter of Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt and became a renowned engraver.[2][3]
His son Jacob Willemsz Delff the Younger became a painter.[4]
Death
[edit]He died on 14 April 1638 in Delft.[1]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Willem Jacobsz. Delff.
References
[edit]- 1 2 Delff, Willem Jacobsz at the RKD databases
- ↑ Jakob Willemsz Delff biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
- ↑ Jakob Delff biography Houbraken misnamed his son Willem the engraver, calling him Jakob after his father.
- ↑ Delff, Jacob Willemsz. (II) at the RKD databases
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