Coenraet Decker (1650 in
Amsterdam
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– 1685 in Amsterdam), was a
Dutch Golden Age
The Dutch Golden Age ( nl, Gouden Eeuw ) was a period in the history of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the era from 1588 (the birth of the Dutch Republic) to 1672 (the Rampjaar, "Disaster Year"), in which Dutch trade, science, and Dutch art, ...
engraver.
According to the RKD he had been a pupil of
Romeyn de Hooghe
Romeyn de Hooghe (bapt. 10 September 1645 – 10 June 1708) was a late Dutch Baroque painter, sculptor, engraver and caricaturist.
Biography
He was born in Amsterdam, and was a skilled etcher, draughtsman, painter, sculptor and medalist. ...
and married Aechje Jans in 1673 in
Sloterdijk when he was 23.
[Coenraet Decker]
in the RKD
The Netherlands Institute for Art History or RKD (Dutch: RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center i ...
In the 1670s, he worked on the map of
Delft
Delft () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam, to the southeast, ...
contract that he won together with
Dirk van Bleiswijk
Dirk van Bleiswijk, or Dirck van Bleyswijck (28 December 1639 in Delft – 11 September 1681 in Middelburg), was a Delft politician and writer.
Biography
In 1671, he became councilman or "veertigraad" in Delft, in 1672 magistrate, and in 1675 ...
, for their work on Bleiswijk's ''Description of Delft'' (Dutch: Beschryvinge der stad Delft).
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References
External links
Vermeer and The Delft School
a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which has material on Coenraet Decker
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1650 births
1685 deaths
Dutch Golden Age printmakers
Artists from Amsterdam