Cornelis Jacobsz Delff

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

Portrait of Cornelis Jacobsz Delff by Tako Hajo Jelgersma after Jacob Willemsz Delff

Biography

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.^[1] He was the brother of the painter Willem Jacobsz Delff and a good painter of still lifes.^[1]

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.^[2] He died in Delft.