Michiel Coxie, Coxie also spelled van Coxcie or de Coxien, Latinised name Coxius in the St. Rumbolds Cathedral of Mechelen, in the St. Michael and Gudula Cathedral of Brussels, and in the museums of Leuven, Brussels and Antwerp. His style is a unique synthesis of the Flemish and Italian artistic traditions. Influenced by Michelangelo, Da Vinci and Raphaël, he never forgot his Flemish training and background. He was known as the 'Flemish Raphael'. He died at Mechelen on 5 March 1592 at the age of 92, after falling from a flight of stairs.
After his death, he still influenced the painters of the first half of the seventeenth century, but he was forgotten afterwards.
M - Museum Leuven presented in 2013 the first monographic exhibition on Michiel Coxie.

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