Michiel van Musscher explained

Michiel van Musscher
Birth Name:Michiel van Musscher
Birth Date:January 1645
Birth Place:Rotterdam
Death Place:Amsterdam
Nationality:Dutch
Field:Painting
Movement:Baroque

Michiel van Musscher (January 1645  - 20 June 1705) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

Biography

Michiel van Musscher was born in Rotterdam in January 1645 and was later baptized on 27 January.

According to Houbraken, he showed a talent for drawing at a young age, and had many teachers, of which he kept a record. His first teacher was Martinus Saeghmolen in 1660 for two months, and in 1661, he took lessons from Abraham van den Tempel. In 1665 he took seven lessons with Gabriel Metsu, and in 1667 he spent three months in Haarlem to take lessons with Adriaen van Ostade. Though his entire education spanned several years, Houbraken was astonished that he became so skilled with so few hours of professional study, and concludes that he must have had a great natural talent that he practiced extensively on his own.

Houbraken wrote that he moved to Amsterdam to work for Jonas Witsen, a wealthy artlover who introduced him to all of his friends as a portrait painter.[1] He married twice, first to Eva Visscher in 1678 in Buiksloot (Amsterdam), and the second time in 1693 to the widow Elise Klanes. His pupils were Ottmar Elliger the Younger and Dirk Valkenburg.[2]

He died on 20 June 1705 in Amsterdam and was buried on June 25 in the Nieuwe Kerk.

Works

All of his portraits listed here are at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam unless noted otherwise.

Notes and References

  1. Michiel van Musscher biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  2. Web site: Home Michiel van Musscher. rkd.nl.
  3. Web site: Portrait of Michiel Comans (1614-1687), calligrapher, etcher, painter and schoolmaster, with his third wife Elisabeth van der Mersche, Michiel van Musscher, 1669.
  4. Web site: Self-Portrait, Michiel van Musscher, 1685.
  5. Web site: Portrait of Eva Visscher, Wife of Michiel van Musscher, Michiel van Musscher, 1685.
  6. Web site: Double Portrait of Isaac Pontanus and Hendrik van Beek, Michiel van Musscher, 1689.
  7. Web site: Portrait of a captain or ship-owner, Michiel van Musscher, 1678.
  8. Web site: Thomas Hees and his Servant Thomas and Nephews Jan and Andries Hees, Michiel van Musscher, 1687.
  9. Web site: Portrait of Johannes Hudde (1628-1704), burgomaster of Amsterdam, Michiel van Musscher, 1686.
  10. Web site: Portrait of Johan Maurits (1604-79), count of Nassau-Siegen and governor of Brazil, Michiel van Musscher, 1670 - 1680.
  11. Web site: Portrait of Hendrick Bicker (1649 - 1718), burgomaster of Amsterdam, Michiel van Musscher, 1682.
  12. Web site: Portrait of Maria Schaep, Wife of Hendrick Bicker, Michiel van Musscher, 1682.
  13. Web site: Zoekresultaten voor "michiel van musscher" .

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