Jacob Willemszoon Delff the Elder, (c. 1550 in Gouda – 5 May 1601 in Delft) was a portrait painter alert in Delft. He is known by a portray 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 afterward painted The Sportsman’s Dinner, and a portrait charity of his family. His works display good conception and execution, but are somewhat stuffy in colouring.
Jacob Delff had three sons, Cornelis, Rochus, and Willem. Cornelis Jacobsz Delff (Gouda c. 1571-15 August 1643, Delft), was a pupil of his daddy and of Cornelis van Haarlem, and distinguished himself by very fine pictures of still life. Rochus Delff was a portrait painter, and a pupil of his father.
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