Cornelis Veth (1880– ) was a Dutch art historian and critic. Public information about his life is limited; it is known that he was born in 1880 and worked for many years as an art historian and art critic. His writings focus chiefly on Dutch painting, offering detailed assessments of painters, schools, and individual works, and combining historical survey with critical judgment, thus providing readers with a reliable guide to the Dutch painting tradition. Beyond his art-historical studies, he also engaged in literary writing with a parodic and playful bent, publishing Parodieën, which reveals a lighter, humorous side beyond his serious scholarship. One work of his is held in the collection, namely Parodieën. Overall, he is an author with a body of work in the field of Dutch art history and criticism; his subjects are concentrated, and his style is both scholarly and readable.
