Michiel van Musscher (1645 - 1705)

• Was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
• His first teacher was Martinus Saeghmolen in 1660 for two months.
• In 1661 he took lessons from Abraham van den Tempel.
• In 1665 he took seven lessons with Gabriel Metsu.
• In 1667 he spent three months in Haarlem to take lessons with Adriaen van Ostade.
• He married twice, first to Eva Visscher in 1678 in Buiksloot (Amsterdam).
• The second time in 1693 to the widow Elise Klanes.
• His pupils were Ottmar Elliger the Younger and Dirk Valkenburg.
• He died on June 20, 1705 in Amsterdam and was buried on June 25 in the Nieuwe Kerk.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: crrop: Self-Portrait,  1685.
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