Early Life, Family and Training Michael Köck was born on 29 August 1760 in Innsbruck. He grew up in a large household, one of twelve children born to the joiner Franz Köck and his wife, Ursula. The steady, practical environment of a joiner's home provided the backdrop for his early years in the Austrian Empire. His first steps into drawing began under the guidance of Johann Peter Denifle, a drawing teacher in Innsbruck. These early l…