Colijn de Coter (c. 1440–1445 – c. 1522–1532)

• Was an early Netherlandish painter.
• He worked primarily in Brussels and Antwerp.
• His name was sometimes given as Colijn van Brusele (Colijn of Brussels), indicating that he hailed from Brussels.
• He also signed several paintings with Coliin de Coter pinxit me in Brabancia Bruselle ("Colijn de Coter painted me in Brussels in the region of Brabant").

• The archives of the Brussels Brotherhood of Saint Eloy list three payments to Colijn de Coter in 1509–1511 for painting a church tabernacle.

• From the archives of this brotherhood, we can also deduce that the painter's death probably fell somewhere in the period 1522–1532.

• The Leiden painter Cornelis Engebrechtsz. may have been one of his pupils.

• Three signed paintings are known: St Luke Painting the Virgin, Cosne d’Allier, and the Virgin Crowned by Angels (Düsseldorf, private collection).

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