{"title":"Musscher, Michiel van","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichiel van Musscher (1645-1705)\u003c\/strong\u003e was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He was born in Rotterdam in January 1645 and was later baptised on 27 January.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccording to Houbraken, he showed a talent for drawing at a young age and had many teachers, of whom 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHoubraken wrote that he moved to Amsterdam to work for Jonas Witsen, a wealthy art lover who introduced him to all of his friends as a portrait painter. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe died on 20 June 1705 in Amsterdam and was buried on 25 June in the Nieuwe Kerk.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"musscher-michiel-van-1645-1705-self-portrait-1673","title":"Musscher, Michiel van (1645-1705) - Self-portrait 1673","description":"\u003cp\u003eSelf-portrait by the Dutch Golden Age artist Michiel van Musscher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image in JPEG format that is 600dpi and 4354 pixels wide by 5733 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/musscher-michiel-van\" title=\"Michiel van Musscher\"\u003eMichiel van Musscher\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62048014762314,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Musscher_Michielvan_1645-1705_-Self-portrait1673_main.jpg?v=1780932210"},{"product_id":"musscher-michiel-van-1645-1705-self-portrait-framed-by-allegorical-elements-1685","title":"Musscher, Michiel van (1645-1705) - Self-portrait framed by allegorical elements 1685","description":"\u003cp\u003eSelf-portrait by the Dutch Golden Age artist Michiel van Musscher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image in JPEG format that is 600dpi and 4984 pixels wide by 5720 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/musscher-michiel-van\" title=\"Michiel van Musscher\"\u003eMichiel van Musscher\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62048846283082,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Musscher_Michielvan_1645-1705_-Self-portraitframedbyallegoricalelements1685_main.jpg?v=1780932603"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/collections\/Musscher_Michiel_van_1645-1705.jpg?v=1780931315","url":"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/musscher-michiel-van.oembed","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}