Background
Droochsloot was born and died in Utrecht. Houbraken thought he was born in Gorinchem or Dordrecht, and claimed he worked for a long time in Dordrecht.
Droochsloot was born and died in Utrecht. Houbraken thought he was born in Gorinchem or Dordrecht, and claimed he worked for a long time in Dordrecht.
According to Houbraken his village scenes (Boerekermisstuk) were as popular as flower pieces by Bartholomeus Assteyn. He felt his work was always according to a set pattern, where cake sellers were portrayed in front of village houses with figures in a festive setting called a "farmer"s circus". lieutenant is unclear why Houbraken would have thought he was from Dordrecht, especially since Houbraken"s data on painters from Dordrecht was generally quite accurate.
According to the RKD his monogram was "JCODS" and he became a member of the Utrecht Guild of Saint Luke in 1616.