Aert Anthoniszoon (abbreviated Anthonisz.) or Anthonissen, also known as Aart or Aert van Antum (born ; buried 7 September 1620) was a Dutch

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Life and career

Aert Anthoniszoon was born at

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. His parents moved the family to

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in 1591. He was possibly a pupil of

Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom Hendrik Cornelisz Vroom (c.1562 – February 4, 1640 (buried)) was a Dutch Golden Age painter credited with being the founder of Dutch marine art or seascape painting.Mechelen Mechelen (; french: Malines ; traditional English name: MechlinMechelen has been known in English as ''Mechlin'', from where the adjective ''Mechlinian'' is derived. This name may still be used, especially in a traditional or historical contex ...

he signed a document in Amsterdam stating that he was 23 years old and had lived there for 12 years. He gave her a power of attorney to settle an inheritance in Mechelen in 1614. He was buried in the Zuiderkerk of Amsterdam.. Until 1973 Anthoniszoon was known as Aart or Aert van Antum, as his signatures on early paintings were interpreted as "Aert anAntum". Later research showed his signature to be "AERT ANT .., with the letters of his surname included with varying degrees of completion. One reason so little is known of him is that his life and work were overlooked or omitted by early 17th- and 18th-century painter biographers such as

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. Anthoniszoon was the father of the marine painter

Hendrick van Anthonissen Hendrick van Anthonissen (29 May 1605 - 12 November 1656) was a Dutch marine painter. Biography Van Anthonissen was born and died in Amsterdam. He was the son of Aert Anthonisz (a.k.a. Aart van Antum) and painted in the style of his brother-in- ...

. A seapiece by him, signed "A. A.", is in the Berlin Museum.

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16th-century births 1620 deaths Painters from Amsterdam Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Dutch marine artists {{Netherlands-painter-stub