Career
Born in Rotterdam, Sorgh became a pupil of David Teniers the Younger and Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech. Sorgh painted mostly interiors with peasants. His kitchen interiors feature elaborate still lifes.
He also painted market scenes, portraits, and marine and historical scenes.
Sorgh"s works include, for example, A Manitoba Writing, Interior with Jacob and Esau, and A Kitchen. The engraved portrait of him in Arnold Houbraken"s The Great Theatre of Dutch Painters was based on his self-portrait, currently in a private collection.
In 1659 he became headman of the Rotterdam Guild of Saint Luke. His pupils were Jacobus Blauvoet, Abraham Diepraam, Cornelis Dorsman, Pieter Nijs, and Pieter Crijnse Volmarijn.