Cornelis Gerritsz Decker
Illustration — The St. Bavochurch in Haarlem seen from the south side on the Oude Groenmarkt, 1658, Frans Hals Museum Cornelis Gerritsz Decker (1618, Haarlem – 1678, Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.
Also recorded as Cornelis Gerritsz. Decker · Cornelis Gerritsz. Deker · Cornelius Decker · Cornelis Gerritz. Decker
Cornelis Gerritsz Decker
Cornelis Gerritsz Decker · Geheugen van Nederland · Public domain
- Born
- 1618 · Haarlem.
- Died
- 1678 · Haarlem.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- painter
- Known for
- Interior of Weaver's Workshop
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — The St. Bavochurch in Haarlem seen from the south side on the Oude Groenmarkt, 1658, Frans Hals Museum Cornelis Gerritsz Decker (1618, Haarlem – 1678, Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.
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Life
Life
The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are Haarlem. Works named in the authority record are Interior of Weaver's Workshop. Work by Cornelis Gerritsz Decker is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Museo del Prado, Nationalmuseum, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp and Museum Mayer van den Bergh.
He was possibly a relation of David Decker, who was registered in the Haarlem guild as a pupil of Gerrit Claesz Bleker in Haarlem in 1640. David Decker's only known artwork was formerly attributed to Cornelis and shows strong similarity with his work. Cornelis Gerritsz Decker became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1643.
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Work
• Illustration — Wooden shed by a stream. He painted landscapes in the manner of Jacob van Ruisdael. Some of the staffage in his landscapes was painted by Adriaen van Ostade, Philips Wouwerman and Johannes Lingelbach.
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* • Cornelis Gerritsz Decker on Artnet
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Cornelis Gerritsz. Decker, Cornelis Gerritsz. Deker, Cornelius Decker, Cornelis Gerritz. Decker and A. His recorded language was Dutch.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1618
Cornelis Gerritsz Decker was born in 1618 at Haarlem.
1678
Cornelis Gerritsz Decker died in 1678 at Haarlem.
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Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Kurt Zoege von Manteuffel. Decker (Dekker), Cornelis Gerritsz. 521.
- 2.Alfred von Wurzbach. Decker. CoenraadDecker, irrig auch Carl oder Charles Decker genannt, Kupferstecher zu Amsterdam. 1906.
- 3.Alfred von Wurzbach. Decker. J. Decker, irrig auch F. Decker genannt, Maler. 1906.
- 4.ADB 5 34 35 Dekker, Cornelis Wilhelm Adolf Schmidt ADB:Dekker, Cornelis
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