Michael Vandergucht

Illustration for Shakespeare's play The Tempest for Nicholas Rowe's Works of Mr. William Shakespear.

Michael Vandergucht ( Michiel van der Gucht; c. 1660 – 16 October 1725) was a Flemish engraver and painter who worked for most of his career in England. He engraved portraits, book illustrations, and architectural prints and painted portraits.

Life Michiel van der Gucht was born in Antwerp, where he became a pupil of Frederik Bouttats the Younger. He was registered as an apprentice in the Antwerp artists' guild, the Guild of St Luke between 18 September 1672 and 18 September 1673. He is recorded in Amsterdam when, on 19 June 1682, he posted banns to marry Maria van Hogenbergh van Aerschot. He lived on the Rosengracht in Amsterdam.