Evert Collier (1642 – 1708),

• Was a Dutch Golden Age still-life painter.
• Collier is known for vanitas and trompe-l'œil paintings.
• He was trained in Haarlem.
• His earliest paintings show the influence of Vincent Laurensz van der Vinne.
• By 1667, Collier had moved to Leiden.
• In Leiden he became a member of the Leiden Guild of St. Luke in 1673.
• He moved to Amsterdam by 1686 and to London in 1693.
• He returned to Leiden in the years 1702–1706, based on signed and dated works there.
• He was back in London at the end of his life where he was buried September 8, 1708 at St. James's, Piccadilly.
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