Michiel Cnobbaert

Printer's mark of Michiel Cnobbaert, found in Guilielmus Stanihurstus, Dei immortalis in corpore mortali patientis historia, Universiteit Antwerpen - Ruusbroecgenootschap, RG 3046 E 4 (f. *8 recto) Michiel Cnobbaert or Michiel Knobbaert (fl 1652–1706) was a Flemish printer, publisher and bookseller who was active in Antwerp in the latter half of the 17th century. His publications included devotional works, religious and polemical works and legal publications on local laws and customs in Flanders.

Life Details about the life of Michiel Cnobbaert are scarce. He may have been born in Antwerp as the son of the Antwerp printers and publishers Joannes Cnobbaert and Maria de Man. In 1623 Joannes Cnobbaert was registered as living next to the 'Huys der Professen vande Societeyt IESV, in S. Peeter' in Antwerp. After he died in Antwerp on 14 September 1637 Maria de Man continued the publishing business of her deceased husband as "Widow of Jan Cnobbaert" ('Vidua Cnobbaert' or 'Veuve Cnobbaert').

In 1642 Michiel Cnobbaert's presumed sister, Jacoba Maria Cnobbaert, married the prominent portrait painter Jan Thomas van Ieperen.

Michiel was registered as a wijnmeester (son of a master) in the register of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in the Guild year 1652–1653. His presumed mother Maria de Man (Cnobbaert) died on 18 March 1671.