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Jacob Willemsz Delff the Younger (1619–1661)

• Was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter.
• According to Houbraken he won a lucrative commission from the Delft vroedschap to repair his grandfather's schutterstuk after the Delft Explosion in 1654 damaged it.
• According to the RKD his wedding portrait and the pendant of his wife were drawn from (now lost) paintings and are in the possession of the Leiden Library.
• The schutterstuk that Arnold Houbraken mentioned is in the Delft city hall, in the room reserved for weddings.