Cornelis van der Voort

Cornelis van der Voort, born around 1576, was a prominent Dutch portrait painter, art collector, appraiser, and dealer active in Amsterdam during the early 17th century. While details of his early life are scarce, he likely hailed from Antwerp, with his family settling in the Northern Netherlands in 1585, possibly to escape religious persecution as Calvinists. He quickly gained recognition, even earning praise from the esteemed art historian Karel van Mander as a young man.…