Coxcie, Or Coxis, Michael, a Flemish painter, born at Mechlin in 1497, died in Antwerp by v, fall from a scaffolding in 1592. He studied under Bernard van Orley, and afterward at Rome, and returning home gained great fame and wealth. He is better known by his copy of the "Adoration of the Lamb," by the brothers Van Eyck, in the church of St. Bavon at Ghent, than by his many original productions. This copy was made for Philip II. of Spain, and cost two years of labor. It was finished in 1559. He could find no blue good enough for the mantle of the Virgin, and the king wrote to Titian for some ultramarine, of which Coxcie used to the value of 32 ducats on the mantle alone. This picture was sent from Madrid to Brussels by Gen. Belliard during the French occupation. It was in several parts, which are now scattered in the royal gallery of Berlin, in the Pinakothek at Munich, and in the collection of the king of Holland. Without much originality, Coxcie yet conferred a service upon his native land by introducing the knowledge of the Italian masters. He is distinguished for grace and an agreeable individuality.

His illustrations of the fable of Psyche were engraved by Agostino Veneziano, and have furnished the models for innumerable paintings on glass.