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Collier was a Dutch painter known for vanitas still-life and trompe l'oeil paintings. He is believed to have trained in Haarlem, as his earliest paintings show the influence of Pieter Claesz and Vincent Laurensz van der Vinne. By 1667, he had moved to Leiden, where he became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in 1673. He moved to Amsterdam by 1686 and to London in 1693. He was buried September 8, 1708 at St. James's, Piccadilly. The National Portrait Gallery (United Kingdom), the Rijksmuseum…
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