Jacob de Decker From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dutch Golden Age painter Giacomo, or Jacob de Decker (1640 – 1680), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Decker was born in 1640 in Haarlem. 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] He died at Rome in 1680. References 1 2 (in Dutch) Giacomo de Dekker in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature 1 2 3 Jacob de Decker in the RKD ↑ Olde and new descriptions of Holland, Zeeland, and Friesland, by Petrus Scriverius, Amsterdam, 1667 Jacob de Decker on Artnet Authority control databases: Artists RKD Artists Related Articles~TimelinesTop QsFact Checks
