Anthonis Van Santvoort (ca.1552-1600)
• Also known as Anthonie or Anthony was a Flemish painter; publisher of prints and art broker.
• He married an Italian woman from Rome.
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Hans von Aachen belonged to the circle of artists in Rome who frequented Anthony van Santvoort.
• A document from April 1575 reports that the artist Hans Speckaert was paralyzed.
• "This may have been the result of an accident while working on an unknown church early in the year 1575."
• There was a dispute with the Painter's Guild over Hans Speckaert having worked in a church in Rome with his friend Anthony Van Santvoort without its authorization.
• He was knicknaned "the green Anthony".
