Michil Coxie ( Dutch: Michiel Coxcie , born March 5, 1499 , Mechelen - d. March 10, 1592 Mechelen) - Flemish artist of the late Renaissance .
| Michil Coxie | |
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| niderl. Michiel coxcie | |
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| Date of Birth | March 5, 1499 |
| Place of Birth | Mechelen |
| Date of death | March 10, 1592 (93 years old) |
| Place of death | Mechelen |
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| Study | Bernard van Orley |
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Life and work
He was a student of the artist Bernard van Orley , who recommended that he continue his studies in Italy. M.Coxi lives and works in Rome from 1530 to 1539. Returning to his homeland, in 1539 he became a member of the professional association of artists - the guild of St. Luke . By 1542 he moved to Brussels, and since 1546 he served as the court artist of the Queen of Hungary and the Czech Republic Maria of Hungary .
M.Coxie was a very prolific artist. He painted portraits and frescoes, works of biblical and historical subjects, created paintings for churches on the boards (for example, for the Mechelen Cathedral of St. Rumold and the Brussels Cathedral of Saints Michael and Gudula ). Until now, he is known as a talented copyist of paintings by Rogier van der Weyden and Jan van Eyck .
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Literature
- Michel Coxcie, pictor regis (1499-1592): internationaal colloquium, Mechelen, 5 en 6 juni 1992 / referaten bezorgd door Raphaël de Smedt. - Mechelen, 1993 .-- 287 S .: zahlr. Ill .; (niederlaend., franz., engl.)
Gallery
Portrait of Christina of Denmark (1545)
The fall
The Annunciation (1580s)
The assassination of Abel
Christ Anointing (1580)
Garden of earthly joys (until 1568)
Cain and Abel (1550)
Saint Cecilia (1569)
Moses Receiving the Tablets of the Covenant
The Last Supper