Biography

Van Musscher was born in Emden

Emden

Emden is a city and seaport in the northwest of Germany, on the river Ems. It is the main city of the region of East Frisia; in 2006, the city had a total population of 51,692.-History:...

. According to Houbraken he was called Jaques de Moschero and was one of 5 pupils of Karel van Mander; the others were, Korn. Engelsz

Cornelis Engelsz

Cornelis Engelsz , was a Dutch Golden Age painter and the father of Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck.-Biography:According to Houbraken he was a pupil of Karel van Mander and a colleague of Frans Hals in Haarlem....

, Hendr. Gerretz.

Hendrik Gerritsz Pot

Hendrik Gerritsz Pot, was a Dutch painter. He lived and painted in Haarlem, where he was an officer of the militia, or schutterij. Dutch artist Frans Hals painted Pot in militia sash in Hals' The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company ...

, Fr. Venant and especially Frans Hals

Frans Hals

Frans Hals was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He is notable for his loose painterly brushwork, and helped introduce this lively style of painting into Dutch art. Hals was also instrumental in the evolution of 17th century group portraiture.-Biography:Hals was born in 1580 or 1581, in Antwerp...

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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.

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

Michiel van Musscher

-Biography:According to Houbraken, he showed a talent for drawing at a young age, and had many teachers, of which 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...

. He became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke

Haarlem Guild of St. Luke

The Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke was first a Christian, and later a city Guild for a large number of trades falling under the patron saints Luke the Evangelist and Saint Eligius.-History:...

 in 1593 as Jacques Musschaert, and was married in Januari 1603 in Delft. He died in Delft

Delft

Delft is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland , the Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam and The Hague....

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He may have been the father of the landscape painter Jacob van Moscher

Jacob van Moscher

-Biography:According to the RKD he is often confused with Jacob van Musscher, a pupil of Karel van Mander and the grandfather of Michiel van Musscher. He was a landscape painter who worked in Haarlem during the years 1635-1645.-References:* on Artnet...

of Haarlem.