// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho drew Jacob van Musscher? A Musscher-ator.
Jacob van Musscher (1580–1623) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Biography
[edit]Van Musscher was born in Emden. According to Houbraken he was called Jaques de Moschero and was one of 5 pupils of Karel van Mander; the others were, Korn. Engelsz, Hendr. Gerretz., Fr. Venant and especially Frans Hals.[1]
According to Karel van Mander who called him Iaques de Mosscher, he lived in Delft while he was writing, and was experienced and able in all forms of art.[2]
According to the RKD he was also known as Jacob Fransz, was a pupil of Karel van Mander, and he was the grandfather of Michiel van Musscher. He became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1593 as Jacques Musschaert, and was married in Januari 1603 in Delft.[3] He died in Delft.
He may have been the father of the landscape painter Jacob van Moscher of Haarlem.
References
[edit]- ↑ (in Dutch) Jacob van Musscher Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
- ↑ (in Dutch) Jacob van Musscher in Karel van Mander's Schilder-boeck, 1604, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
- ↑ Jacob van Musscher I in the RKD
| International | |
|---|---|
| Artists | |
| People | |
