• Was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
• As a young man, Kornelis wanted to travel beyond the port of Dordrecht and that is what he did, spending a year in Paris as soon as he came of age and had enough talent to pay his way with his painting skills.
• He was well-received in Paris at the outset of his travels.
• But set off in the Spring for Lyon in order to cross Lombardia and the mountains before another winter set in.
• He settled for two years in Florence, where he had a rich patron, but finally stayed the longest in Rome.
• On the way back home he stopped in Venice, and in the end was gone for a total of nine years.
• He was back in 1653 and stayed in Delft.
• He became a successful painter in Delft, painting a prestigious group portrait for the Anatomy guild there.
