Willem Jacobsz Delff (c.1580 – 1638)

• Was a Dutch Golden Age engraver and painter.
• Delff was born c. October 1580 in Delft.

• He learned painting from his father, Jacob Willemsz. Delff the Elder, who painted a family portrait with his sons and wife Maria Joachimsdr Nagel. 

• Jacob's sons were all artists in their own right; Cornelis became a still life painter, while Rochus became a portrait painter like his father.

• Willem married a daughter of Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt and became a renowned engraver.

• His son Jacob Willemsz Delff the Younger became a painter. 

• He died on 14 April 1638 in Delft.

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