Michael Verelst

Last updated

Michael Verelst
Bornc. 1675
Venice
Diedburied 30 June 1752 (aged about 77)
King’s Lynn
Resting placeSt Margaret’s, King’s Lynn
SpouseMary Bennett
Parents
Relatives

Michael Verelst (born c. 1675, probably in Venice) was the fourth surviving child of Herman Verelst and Cecilia Fend, originally from Venice. Herman was an established portrait painter in Amsterdam but, with the collapse of the art market in the Low Countries in the late 1660s onwards, moved his family through Europe, starting in Venice and, in 1683, escaping the siege of Vienna to flee to London. Michael was born in Venice. [1] : p. 5  Michael presumably was Herman's pupil. [2]

Contents

A licence was issued for the marriage of Michael Verelst and Sarah Laverne on 5 April 1697 but there is no evidence that marriage was conducted. [3] : p. 146  Michael Verelst married Mary Bennett of Queniborough, Leicestershire in 1699 or early 1700. They lived in Nottingham having seven children of whom only one lived to adulthood. [4]

Michael Verelst's wife, Mary, probably died in 1740. He was buried at St Margaret's, King’s Lynn on 30 June 1752. [4] [5]

Artistic career

The only direct evidence of Michael Verelst as an artist comes from records of property transactions which have survived with the second describing him as a “limner”. No surviving works have been identified. [6] [7]

References

  1. ↑ Shaw, William A., ed. (1923). Letters of denization and acts of naturalization for aliens in England and Ireland, 1701-1800. Publications of the Huguenot Society of London; vol: 27. Manchester: [Printed for the Huguenot Society of London].
  2. ↑ Hancox, Peter (2024). "The multigenerational and cross-national artist family Verelst (c. 1618-1752): The myth of Cornelius and Maria". Oud Holland. 137 (4): 174–200. doi: 10.1163/18750176-13704003 .
  3. ↑ Cocayne, George Edward; Fry, Edw. Alex., eds. (1905). Calendar of marriage licences issued by the Faculty Office, 1632-1714. London: British Record Society.
  4. 1 2 Parish Burials. St Mary’s, Nottingham Burial Index. Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records.
  5. ↑ Burial of Michael Varelst. Norfolk Record Office. Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records. Parish Burials. PD 39/35. 30 June 1752.
  6. ↑ Release between Elizabeth Bennett widow of Thomas Bennett, gent, Queniborough; Michael Verelst, gent, Nottingham and Mary his wife ... Leicestershire, Wigston Magna, The Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland. ref. DG39/115. 3 June 1703.
  7. ↑ Lease for 1 year by John Low of Denby, Derbyshire and others to Michael Verelst of Nottingham, limner of 3 messuages in Castlegate Street and orchard or garden. Nottingham, University of Nottingham, The W.A. James Collection of Manuscripts, 1559-1850, ref. Ja 197. 14 February 1718.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.