# DECKER, Paul the Elder

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## Artist

- Lifespan: 1677–1713
- Profession: architect
- School: German

## Biography

German architect, printmaker, and designer. He is noted for his ornamental designs for goldsmiths&#39; work, glass engraving, lacquer, etc. that were published in Nuremberg at the end of his life. His designs include chinoiseries and grotesques influenced by Jean Bérain I \(1640-1711\). Decker&#39;s main work was the large-format and comprehensively designed copper engraving collection entitled &#34;Fürstlicher Baumeister / Oder Architectura Civilis.&#34; Five volumes were planned, in which all aspects of the non-religious architecture of his time were to be treated.

## Related artworks

- [Perspective view of an ideal royal palace](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/decker-paul-the-elder-rfbdba4f77ca45a/perspective-view-of-an-ideal-royal-palace-re434dcce788808>)
- [Prospect of the Royal Palace and part of its gardens](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/decker-paul-the-elder-rfbdba4f77ca45a/prospect-of-the-royal-palace-and-part-of-its-gardens-reea57c5bddd5cf>)

## Attribution

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