Joost cornelisz droochsloot biography of rory
Joost cornelisz droochsloot biography of rory
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Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot
Dutch painter
Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot or Droogsloot ( &#; May 14, ), was a Dutch painter of village scenes, landscapes, genre pictures, moral allegories and biblical stories.[1][2]
Biography
Droochsloot was born and died in Utrecht.
He became a member of the Utrecht Guild of Saint Luke in He later became deacon of the guild in and regent of the St. Jobs Gasthuis in , deacon of the Dutch Reformed church, and in officer of the Utrecht schutterij.[2]
He was the father and teacher of the painter Cornelis Droochsloot (–) whose paintings are hard to distinguish from his own, and the teacher of Jacob Duck.[2]
Work
Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot was a versatile painter who was known for his village scenes, landscapes, genre pictures, moral allegories and biblical stories.
His early works reflects the influence of Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, David Vinckboons and Esaias van de