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Willem Jacobsz. Delff

Gerard van Schoonhoven

1628
Engraving in black on ivory paper
16.9 × 13.4 cm (6.7 × 5.3 in)

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The son of a portrait painter, Willem Jacobsz Delff experimented with various media until his success with engraving led him to abandon painting.

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