Jacob de Decker explained
Giacomo, or Jacob de Decker (1640, Haarlem - 1680, Rome), was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
According to Houbraken he travelled to Rome and joined the bentvueghels with the bentname Gulden Regen.[1] He signed Abraham Genoels bentbrief on 3 January 1675.[1] [2]
According to the RKD he may have been the son of the Haarlem landscape painter Cornelis Gerritsz Decker.[2] He is known in Haarlem for his illustrations for Petrus Scriverius.[2] [3]
References
Notes and References
- Giacomo de Dekker in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
- https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/361338 Jacob de Decker
- https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/04202/8AAE7E4268F93AC79613AD993999DD157AB4A59D.html Olde and new descriptions of Holland, Zeeland, and Friesland