MvD

Michiel van der Dussen (1600-1683). A member of a prominent Delft. Family, his occupation is unknown. He may have been born in the Brewery De Baars (The Bass) on Koornmarkt numbers 35-39. When he married Willemina van Setten in 1625 they lived on Bagijnhof. After they moved to Koornmarkt one of their children died in 1626. Before 1637 his wealthy family occupied two homes simultaneously: one was on the west side of Voorstraat opposite De Posthoorn (The Posthorn) from which he was buried. The other was on the west side of Oude Delft near Bagijnhof.

Michiel van der Dussen is the father in the family group portrait by H. van Vliet, now in the Prinsenhof Museum, Delft.

Note. Laarmann, Van Vliet/Dussen, p. 71, notes 81, 82. GAD Huizenprotocol 246/59; 3423/479a III fol. 763V; III 904 ; ORA inv. 283 14/5. Koornmarkt is mentioned in Genealogische Encyclopedie, I, p. 73. Burial not in 1682 but 4 march 1683, see GAD burial OK 44.

This page forms part of a large encyclopedic site on Delft. Research by Drs. Kees Kaldenbach (email). A full presentation is on view at johannesvermeer.info.

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