Michiel Coignet II (1618 – c.1663)

• Was a Flemish painter specialized in small paintings for cabinets.

• Michiel II was born and died in Antwerp.

• He was the son of Michiel Coignet, the court mathematician of the Archdukes, and his second wife Magdalena Marinus.

• Michiel II became a successful painter and earned a comfortable living.
• In 1641 he was admitted, as a master's son, to the Guild of St Luke.
• He married Maria Salet, with whom he had at least six children.

• A number of signed and ascribed paintings of Michiel Coignet have been sold and a series of four is part of the collection of Lamport Hall.

• He was very active making paintings for cabinets and received many orders from the cabinet maker Forchondt.

• He also restored damaged paintings.
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