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| Title | Cottage by a River | |
| Collection | Holburne Museum of Art, Bath | |
| Artist | Decker, Cornelis Gerritsz. (Dutch painter, died 1678) Previously attributed to Decker, Frans (Dutch painter, 1684-1751) |
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| Date Earliest | probably 1650 | |
| Date Latest | probably 1670 | |
| Description | This scene is comparable to Farmhouse beside a Canal (1652; private collection), and A Cottage among Trees on the Bank of a Stream (1669; National Gallery, London), which is painted in the manner of Ruisdael. Cornelis Gerritsz. Decker was active in Haarlem by 1643 and there are a number of signed pictures from 1649 onwards. He was principally a landscape painter in the style of Jacob van Ruisdael, but he also imitated Philip Wouwermans and Jan Wijnants and painted a number of peasant scenes. Decker concentrated on rural dwellings and took special care to render the structure of the roofing, whether tiled or thatched, and brick walls or plank sidings. He also painted interiors of weavers' workshops. | |
| Current Accession Number | A68 | |
| Former Accession Number | 38; 1357; 101 | |
| Subject | landscape; figure; animal | |
| Measurements | 42.5 x 56.6 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on panel | |
| Acquisition Details | Bequeathed by Miss Mary Anne Barbara Holburne 1882. | |
| Provenance | Sir Thomas William Holburne, by 1867-74; by descent to Mary Anne Barbara Holburne (1802-1882), 1874. | |
| Notes | Holburne catalogue 1867, no. 38; Holburne catalogue 1887, no. 1357; Holburne catalogue 1936, no. 101. | |
| Rights Owner | © The Holburne Museum of Art, Bath | |
| Author | Rosie Broadley | |