Aegidus Michiels

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In October 1764, Egidius Michiels stepped into the post of violin maker to the Brussels court, taking over from Henri-Augustin Snoeck — a fitting successor, given that his own mother, Patronella Snoeck, had married into the same family of makers when she wed the elder Egidius Michiels. That connection is also the best explanation on record for who trained him: most likely Marcus Snoeck, on the family ...Read More side. He kept a house on rue des Teinturiers until his death in 1783; his birth year is uncertain, put at around 1717. Read Less

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