(Anthony de Montfort), history and portrait painter, was born of a noble family at Montfort in 1532. He learned the art of painting in the school of Francis Floris, whose manner he always followed; and became an artist of great distinction, by endeavouring principally to imitate the taste of the Roman school in design and composition. His genius was best adapted to grand compositions, of which he designed many; some at Delft, but more at Utrecht. His designs had grandeur, the airs of his heads were noble, and the profiles of his female figures approached near to the taste of Parmigiano. Several of his works are in so good a gusto, and particularly a Venus, and the history of Joseph and his Brethren, that they seem to have been painted by a master educated in the school of Florence. He died in 1583.