Jan Anthonie Coxie

Jan Anthonie Coxie or Anthonie Coxie (c. 1660 – 1720) was a Flemish painter and draughtsman mainly known for his portrait and history paintings. After starting his career in Flanders he moved abroad and worked in Amsterdam, Berlin, Mainz and Milan where he worked for an elite clientele.

Life

Coxie was born in Mechelen some time between 1650 and 1670 in an artistic family with a long tradition going back to the 16th century. His father was the landscape painter Jan Coxie who was a great-grandson of Michiel Coxie, one of the leading Flemish Renaissance painters who was known as the 'Flemish Raphael'. His father Jan married Jeanne Biset in 1650 or in 1667 according to different sources.

Jan Anthonie studied with his father as well as with the prominent painter Charles Emmanuel Biset.

Although successful as testified by the praises sung of his work by local poets Sybrand Feitama and François Halma, he left Amsterdam and is recorded in Berlin from 1705 to 1708.

After the death of his patron, Coxie left Berlin for Mainz in 1713. Here he worked for the court. He did not stay in Mainz for long but moved around 1713 to Milan. He was known in Italy as 'Monsù Coixe'. He would remain active in Lombardia until his death, probably in Milan, in 1720. He was regarded as a capable draughtsman.