Willem Jacobsz Delff ( – 14 April 1638) was a Dutch Golden Age engraver and painter.
Early life Delff was born in Delft.Delff, Willem Jacobsz at the RKD databases 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 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 Willem married a daughter of Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt and became a renowned engraver.Jakob Willemsz Delff biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literatureJakob Delff biography Houbraken misnamed his son Willem the engraver, calling him Jakob after his father.
His son Jacob Willemsz Delff the Younger became a painter.Delff, Jacob Willemsz. (II) at the RKD databases
Death He died on 14 April 1638 in Delft.
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