Rare River landscape with three fishermen on a bank and a ferry arriving at a fortified village beside a lake, oil on wooden panel, firmly attributed to be the work of Cornelis Gerritsz Decker, possibly late Seventeenth Century
Condition: Good exceptional condition with nice patination. Now offered within a later exceptional frame.
Width: (entire including frame) 25.75” (65.5cm). Height: (entire including frame) 24.5” (54.5cm).
Location: Dublin City, Ireland.
Affordable fixed price Worldwide Store to door shipping offered by Seller.
Provenance: Purchased from an English Fine Art Dealer.
History: Sold (unframed) at Christies London 13th July 2001. Lot No. 81.
Estimate GBP 4,000- GBP 6,000. Price realized GBP 6,462 PLUS 17.5% commission.
Cornelis Gerritsz Decker (1618 – 1678), was a Dutch Golden Age Landscape Painter.
He was possibly a relation of David Deckler, who was registered in the Haarlem guild as a pupil of Gerrit Clacez 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. He painted landscapes in the manner of artists to include Jacob van Ruisdael, Adriaen van Ostade, Philips Wouwerman and Johannes Lingelbach.