Quality in Detail. The Juli and Andrew Wieg Collection
Quality in Detail. The Juli and Andrew Wieg Collection
Michiel van Musscher
Portrait of a lady, seated three-quarter length, wearing a white lace chemise and brown shawl
Lot Closed
March 24, 03:56 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
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Michiel van Musscher
Rotterdam 1645 - 1705 Amsterdam
Portrait of a lady, seated three-quarter length, wearing a white lace chemise and brown shawl
signed and dated lower left: M.v..sch...Pinx/ A1685 9/8 [?]
oil on canvas
unframed: 56.5 x 45.7 cm.; 22 1/4 x 18 in.
framed: 65 x 76.5 cm.; 25 5/8 x 30 1/2 in.
Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Christie's, 13 November 1990, lot 19, where purchased for the Wieg collection.
Born in Rotterdam, Michiel van Musscher came from a family of Mennonite artists. He was sent to Amsterdam for his pictorial training with Martinus Saeghmolen (an obscure history painter, ca. 1620-69) and the portrait painter Abraham van den Tempel (1622/23-72). He later worked under more renowned masters such as Gabriel Metsu (1629-69) and Adriaen van Ostade (1610-85). Van Musscher chose to specialise in the lucrative genre of portraits, attracting sitters from wealthy Amsterdam families and building a prolific and successful career.