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

  1. Giacomo de Dekker in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  2. https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/361338 Jacob de Decker
  3. https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/04202/8AAE7E4268F93AC79613AD993999DD157AB4A59D.html Olde and new descriptions of Holland, Zeeland, and Friesland