a Dutch Golden Age painter. Van Musscher was born in Emden. According to Karel van Mander who called him Iaques de Mosscher, he lived in Delft while he was writing, and was experienced and able in all forms of art. According to the RKD he was also a pupil of Karel van Mander, and he was the grandfather of Michiel van Musscher. He became a member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1593 as Jacques Musschaert, and was married in Januari 1603 in Delft. He died in Delft. He may have been the father of the landscape painter Jacob van Moscher of Haarlem.
