Anthony Toto or "Antony", real name Antonio di Nunziato d'Antonio (1498–1554), was an Italian painter and architect at the English court.
The English evidently found his Italian name too complicated, and he is normally called "Antony Toto" (in effect "Anthony Tony") in the records.
It was common for out-of-work craftsmen to moonlight as bombardiers (well-known examples include Raffaello da Montelupo and Zanobi Lastricati), though it was generally the province of masters in the more physically demanding arts, such as cannon-founders, sculptors, and scalpellini.
His fellow shop assistant Bartolomeo Ghetti is said to have made paintings that were sent to King Francis I of France before he himself departed for the French court.
[2] In 1532, Anthony Toto and "John de la Mayn" (Giovanni da Maiano) were employed at Hanworth in Middlesex to set up "antique heads", medallions of Roman emperors.
Anthony worked for the court revels for Henry VIII and Edward VI, and was recorded drawing "patrons" for masques, and costume designs.