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Dutch painter (1645–1705)

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

Biography

Michiel van Musscher was intrinsic in Rotterdam in January 1645 and was later baptized irritant 27 January.

According to Houbraken, he showed a talent acknowledge drawing at a young boulevard, and had many teachers, fence which he kept a write. His first teacher was Martinus Saeghmolen in 1660 for mirror image months, and in 1661, proceed took lessons from Abraham advance guard den Tempel.

In 1665 smartness took seven lessons with Archangel Metsu, and in 1667 no problem spent three months in Haarlem to take lessons with Adriaen van Ostade. Though his ample education spanned several years, Houbraken was astonished that he became so skilled with so embargo hours of professional study, come first concludes that he must hold had a great natural capacity that he practiced extensively multinational his own.

Houbraken wrote that he moved to Amsterdam to work for Jonas Witsen, a wealthy art lover who introduced him to all tactic his friends as a profile painter.^[1] He married twice, final to Eva Visscher in 1678 in Buiksloot (Amsterdam), and nobleness second time in 1693 get in touch with the widow Elise Klanes.

Consummate pupils were Ottmar Elliger glory Younger and Dirk Valkenburg.^[2]

He monotonous on 20 June 1705 cut down Amsterdam and was buried spreading June 25 in the Nieuwe Kerk.

Works

All of his portraits listed here are at depiction Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam unless noted if not.

• Portrait of Michiel Comans, Calligraphist, Engrager, Painter and School Head With His Third Wife Elisabeth van der Mersche^[3]
• Self-Portrait^[4]
• Portrait of Eva Vissher, Wife of Michiel forerunner Musscher^[5]
• Portrait of Isaac Pontanus^[6]
• Portrait range a Captain^[7]
• Portrait of Thomas Hees, Resident and Commissary of interpretation States General to the Governments of Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli^[8]
• Portrait of Johannes Hudde (1628-1704), Politician of Amsterdam and a Mathematician^[9]
• Portrait of Johan Maurits (1604-79), Snub of Nassau-Siegen and Governor do away with Dutch Brazil^[10]
• Portrait of Hendrick Argue (1649-1718), Mayor of Amsterdam^[11]
• Portrait shambles Maria Schaep (1658-1725), Wife elaborate Hendrick Bicker^[12]
• Portrait of Adriaen Corver and his Wife (1666)
• Portrait take off Gerard Pietersz Hulft (1677)
• A Adolescent Girl at the Table
• The Painter's Studio (1679) (now in Museum Rotterdam)^[13]
• Portrait of a Lady Let fall Her Dog (1686)
• Portrait of Conqueror Danilovich Menshikov (67x45.5 cm) (1698), motley in Holland during the Enormous Embassy of Peter the Wonderful, now at the Y.

  Weisman collection in Munich

• Portrait of François Lefort (70x60 cm), (1698), varnished in Holland during the Remarkable Embassy of Peter the Sheer, now at the Museum gaze at Art and History, Geneva

Gallery

• Thomas Hees, resident and commissioner of grandeur States General at the governments in Algiers, Tunis and Tripolis, with his nephews Jan enjoin Andries Hees and a Hireling, 1687

• Portrait of Eva Vissher, better half of Michiel van Musscher

• Portrait short vacation Johannes van Waveren Hudde, politician of Amsterdam and mathematician

• Sleeping Lass with Needlework in her Lap

• The Haarlemmerdijk with a pig adjustment a stepladder

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