Brief Biography-Joost Cornelisz Joost Cornelisz, Droochsloot/Drooglsloot from Utrecht, was a painter of genre and historical scenes influenced by Pieter Brueghel the Elder and David Vinkboons. His winter canal scenes resemble the works of Hendrick Avercamp, born one year before him. He was a member of the Artists’ Guild of Saint Luke and became Dean in 1623. One of his students was Jacob Duck, and his son Cornelis was also a painter who followed his father’s influence. In 1638, he was made regent of the hospital of Saint Job in Utrecht after he bestowed a gift of a painting of Job and his Friends. He lived the entirety of his life in Utrecht.