Brief Biography-Historians agree that Edwart Collier was from Breda in southern Holland, as records show his baptism. Collier was tutored in Haarlem and came under the influence of Vincent Laurensz van der Vinne and Pieter Claesz. In 1667, he travelled to Leiden and enlisted with the Guild of St Luke. After 1686, Collier moved to Amsterdam and worked in London from 1693 to 1706. Trompe-l’œil and Vanitas were his specialities in painting. He returned to Leiden in 1707, and historians say it is where his remains are; however, a new account by Paul Taylor states that it is London.