Margaretha toe Boecop

Margaretha toe Boecop (born before 1551 in Kampen – died after 1574 in Kampen) was a Dutch painter from Northern Netherlands. Her mother and younger sister were also notable fine art painters.

Biography Margaretha toe Boecop was born into a wealthy family before 1551 in Kampen as the fourth of six children of the city councillor, alderman and churchwarden Egbert toe Boecop and his wife, the painter Mechtelt van Lichtenberg. She had a brother and four sisters, of whom her younger sister Cornelia toe Boecop also became a painter.

Her life, outside of her marriage, remains undocumented.

She died sometime after 1574 in her native Kampen.

Known work The Four Evangelists (1574), (location unknown)