Michiel van Musscher

Michiel van Musscher (1645–1705) was a Dutch painter, printmaker and artist.

Also recorded as Michiel Muscher; Musscha; Michiel Van Musscher; Van Musscher; Michiel Muscha; michel van muscher.

Michiel van Musscher in brief

Born
1645
Died
1705
Known for
painter, printmaker and artist
Place of birth
Rotterdam
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Overview

Born at Rotterdam in 1645, died at Amsterdam in 1705.

In detail

the recorded working language is Dutch.

The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. The authority associates the name with Baroque.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam, Haarlem and Rotterdam.

Works named in the authority record are Portrait of Johan Maurits (1604-79), count of Nassau-Siegen and governor of Brazil, Portrait of a captain or ship-owner and Portrait of Michiel Comans (d. 1687), calligrapher, etcher, painter and schoolmaster, with his third wife Elisabeth van der Mersche.

Work by Michiel van Musscher is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Amsterdam Museum and Museum Rotterdam.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “Michiel van Musscher”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q185495: Michiel van Musscher

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Elsewhere in Prints

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