Joost Cornelisz. Droochsloot (c. 1585-86 - 1666)

• Was a Dutch painter.
• Droochsloot was born and died in Utrecht.
• He became a member of the Utrecht Guild of Saint Luke in 1616.
• He later became deacon of the guild in 1623 and regent of the St. Jobs Gasthuis in 1638, deacon of the Dutch Reformed church, and in 1665 officer of the Utrecht schutterij.
• He was the father and teacher of the painter Cornelis Droochsloot, and the teacher of Jacob Duck.
• Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot was a versatile painter who was known for his village scenes, landscapes, genre pictures, moral allegories and biblical stories.
• Droochsloot paid a lot of attention to the details in his compositions.
• His village scenes often carried a moral message.
• He had a preference for a reddish-brown palette.

• The early Dutch artist biographer Arnold Houbraken recounts that Droochsloot's scenes of village kermisses were as popular as flower pieces by Bartholomeus Assteyn.

• He used the monogram "JCODS".

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