Willem Jacobsz Delff

Delff (c. October 1580 – 14 April 1638[1]) was a Dutch Golden Age engraver and painter.

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 (top left in the portrait) became a still life painter, while Rochus (between Cornelis and his father) became a portrait painter like his father.

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

[2][3] His son Jacob Willemsz Delff the Younger became a painter.