Cornelis Gerritszoon Decker (copy after), River landscape with a farmhouse. Probably early 18th century. Cornelis Gerritszoon Deckerc. 1620 Haarlem - 1678 ibid. Oil on wood, consisting of two horizontally joined panels (at the back side old canvas lamination at the joint). Inscribed "Decker fec" (difficult to recognize) Mi. Verso on the picture support a paper label with typographic annotations to the artist and numbered "No 10" in pen. Framed in a profiled, bronze-coloured wooden moulding with gilded viewing strip. We thank Ellis Dullaart MA, RKD Den Haag, for kind remarks. Similar stylistic correspondences can be found in the works of other Haarlem artists, especially Roelof Jansz van Vries and Salomon Rombouts. Verso wooden panel with a few excursion holes of former anobia infestation, remains of a paper label u.Mi. as well as small losses in the wood. Varnish yellowed and with light margin in the fold area. Inconspicuous impressions through the framing. Retouchings in the margins as well as several small ones spread over the image. With drying tear at the joint li.mi. (ca. 4,5 cm). Partially somewhat cracked due to early shrinkage. Frame extensively overcast, with abrasion and stains. Dimensions: 36.3 x 26.9 cm, overall 47.8 x 37.9 cm. Cornelis Gerritszoon Decker c. 1620 Haarlem - 1678 ibid. Dutch painter. Probably pupil of Salomon van Ruysdael. In 1643 he joined the guild in Haarlem. Decker painted forest landscapes, which were often completed with figures by Adriaen van Ostade. His work is represented in numerous museums internationally, such as the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and the National Gallery in London.