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MICHAEL COXCIE (1499–1592)

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 354 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MICHAEL See also:COXCIE (1499–1592)  , Flemish painter, was See also:born at See also:Malines, and studied under See also:Bernard See also:van See also:Orley, who probably induced him to visit See also:Italy . At See also:Rome in 1532 he painted the See also:chapel of See also:Cardinal Enckenvoort in the See also:church of See also:Santa Maria dell' Anima; and See also:Vasari, who knew him, says with truth " that he fairly acquired the manner of an See also:Italian." But See also:Coxcie's See also:principal occupation was designing for engravers; and the See also:fable of See also:Psyche in See also:thirty-two sheets by See also:Agostino Veneziano and the See also:Master of the See also:Die are favourable specimens of his skill . During a subsequent See also:residence in the See also:Netherlands Coxcie greatly extended his practice in this See also:branch of See also:art . But his productions were till lately concealed under an interlaced See also:monogram M.C.O.K.X.I.N . Coxcie returned in 1539 to Malines, where he matriculated, and painted for the chapel of the gild of St See also:Luke the wings of an See also:altar-piece now in Sanct See also:Veit of See also:Prague . The centre of this altar-piece, by See also:Mabuse, represents St Luke portraying the Virgin; the See also:side pieces contain the Martyrdom of St See also:Vitus and the See also:Vision of St See also:John in See also:Patmos . At van Orley's See also:death in 1541 Coxcie succeeded to the See also:office of See also:court painter to the See also:regent See also:Mary of See also:Hungary, for whom he decorated the See also:castle of Binche . He was subsequently patronized by See also:Charles V., who often coupled his See also:works with those of See also:Titian; by See also:Philip II., who paid him royally fora copy of van See also:Eyck's " Agnus Dei "; and by the See also:duke of See also:Alva, who once protected him from the insults of See also:Spanish soldiery at Malines . There are large and See also:capital works of his (1587–1588) in St Rombaud of Malines, in Ste Gudule of See also:Brussels, and in the museums of Brussels and See also:Antwerp . His See also:style is Raphaelesque grafted on the Flemish, but his See also:imitation of See also:Raphael, whilst it distantly recalls Giulio Romano, is never See also:free from affectation and stiffness . He died at Malines on the 5th of See also:March 1592 .

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