Michael Angelo Immenraet

male / South Netherlandish

decorative painter of interiors, painter

Name variations
Michael Angelo Immenraet
Michiel Engel Immenraet
Michelangelo Immenraedt
Michael Angelo Emmenraet
Michael Angelo Emmelraet
Nationality/school

second generation German immigrant
Born
1621-10/1621-10-18
baptized 18 October 1621
Deceased
1683/1683-09-17
before 17 September 1683, when his house was sold (Van den Branden 1883)
Family relationships
son of the harpichord builder Michel Immenraet from Cologne and Marie de Valentijn (died 1674). Brother of Philip Augustijn and of Jan Baptist Immenraet. He was married 8 February 1661 to Maria Vergouwen (1627-died 27 November 1664), sister of the painter Joanna Vergouwen. Immenraet disputed the inheritance of his wife in detail with his sister-in-law Joanna Vergouwen (Duverger 2000, including attachments)

Qualifications

Active in
1656-10-22 - 1672
enlisted as member of the Sodality of the Unmarried Men of Age (‘Sodaliteit van de bejaerde jongmans’) on 22 October 1656 (Rombouts/Van Lerius 1872/1961, vol.2, p. 347, note 1)
1661 - 1661
chimney piece in 'Hofje van Nieuwkoop' (an almshouse)
1663-09-18 - 1664-09-18
master in the Guild of St. Luke in Antwerp between 18 September 1663 and 18 September 1664 (Rombouts/Van Lerius 1872/1961, vol.2, p. 347, note 1)
1673 - 1678
painted together with his assistant Johann Melchior Benckert 33 decoration pieces for today's Unionskirche on the commision of Count Johannes of Nassau-Idstein
1680 - 1680
1683 - 1683
Subjects

Materials

Member of

This person/entity in other databases
38 hits in RKDimages
1 hits in RKDlibrary
2 hits in RKDexcerpts

Literature in RKDLibrary
Other literature
N. Werner, 'Johann von Sandrart und Michael Angelo Immenraedt. Der evangelische Bilderzyklus der Unionskirche zu Idstein im Taunus', Gießener Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte 2 (1973), p. 171–241
A. Priever, 'Das Gemäldekabinett des Grafen Johannes von Nassau-Idstein. Ein Beitrag zur Sammlungsgeschichte des 17.Jahrhunderts', in: D. Dombrowski, K. Heusing & A. Dern, Zwischen den Welten: Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte für Jürg Meyer zur Capellen. Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag, Weimar 2001, p. 174-184
E. Duverger, 'The Antwerp painter Joanna Vergouwen (1630-1714)', Jaarboek van het Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen 2000, p. 45-67
Visual Documentation
Project

birthplace
place of work
place of death

Loading...

Login to post additions or comments.