Jacob Willemszoon Delff The Elder

Place: Gouda

Death: 1601

Biography:

Jacob Willemszoon Delff the Elder, (c. 1550 in Gouda – 5 May 1601 in Delft) was a portrait painter active in Delft. He is known by a picture of an 'Archery-feast' in the Hotel de Ville at Delft, dated 1592; and by a Reconciliation of Esau and Jacob, in the Belvedere at Vienna, bearing the date 1584. He also painted The Sportsman's Dinner, and a portrait group of his family. His works display good conception and execution, but are somewhat heavy in colouring.