Verberckt, Michiel

^⚬1706/03/17 - ^†1778/11/10

Antwerp silversmith. Born in 1706 as the son of Jan Baptist Verberckt and Clara van der Voort, sister of sculptor Michiel van der Voort I. Brother of sculptor Jacques Verberckt. In 1726 he served his apprenticeship with silversmith Jan Carel van Beughen II. In 1734 he married Anna Barbara Buyssens, daughter of silversmith Jan Baptist Buyssens and sister of silversmith Jan Baptist Melchior Buyssens. He was active as a silversmith in 1736. Co-dean in 1740 and dean in 1741. His son Jan Baptist Verberckt I took over the workshop in 1775. Died in 1778.

• Nationality

  Belgium

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