Frans Decker is a painter of whom but little is known, although his pictures possess great merit, and are to be met with in almost every collection. He is stated to have been born at Haarlem

Haarlem

Haarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...

 in 1684, and to have died at the same place in 1751, having been a pupil of Romeyn De Hooghe

Romeyn de Hooghe

Romeyn de Hooghe was an important and prolific late Dutch Baroque, painter, sculptor, engraver and caricaturist.-Biography:...

 and of Bartholomeus Engels. He painted landscapes in a very pleasing and natural style, resembling the charming productions of Ruisdael, but without the
servility of an imitator. He also excelled in caricature.