Lot 17: CORNELIS JACOBSZ. DELFF GOUDA 1570/71 - 1643 DELFT

signed upper left: CJD (in ligature) elff

oil on panel

A KITCHEN STILL LIFE WITH HARES, FOWL, BREAD AND FRUIT ON A TABLE, CHEESES IN A PLATE ON A STOOL, FISHES, CABBAGES, OTHER VEGETABLES AND KITCHEN UTENSILS ON ANOTHER TABLE, A MAID AND HOLDING A PLATE WITH FOWL, AND A COUPLE SITTING BEFORE A FIREPLACE BEYOND

85.4 by 145.3 cm.

THE PROPERTY OF A LADY

A.J. van Woerkom, Voorburg, 1937;
F.W. van Heijst, The Hague, 1942 (restored by Dr. A.M. de Wild in 1941/2).

Cornelis Delff was first taught by his father Jacob and then started working under Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem (1562-1638). From 1610 onwards he moved to Delft where he worked until the end of his life in 1643. After his teacher Cornelisz. van Haarlem, Delff was the first to produce kitchen still lifes in the style of the Flemish painter Pieter Aertsen (1507/8-1575) in Holland. The difference with Delff's kitchen scenes were that he focussed more on various kitchen utensils like pots and pans etc. instead of food, fruit and vegetables, as can also be seen in the present picture.