Hans Speckaert

Possibly this was the result of an accident which had occurred while he was working at an unknown church early in the year 1575, together with the artist Anthonie van Santvoort.

[4] There was a dispute with the Painter's Guild over Hans Speckaert having worked in a church in Rome with his friend Anthonie van Santvoort without its authorization.

[1] Only four paintings have been attributed with certainty to the artist, including the portrait of the engraver Cornelis Cort (Kunsthistorisches Museum), who was a close friend.

[4] The other known paintings include Moses and the Brazen Serpent (Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires), Diana and Actaeon (Palazzo Patrizi, Rome) and The Conversion of St Paul (Louvre, Paris).

[7] He made designs for prints that were executed by Cornelis Cort en Aegidius Sadeler and form the basis for further attributions.

[4] Speckaert's designs were used as models for prints by Aegidius Sadeler, Cornelis Cort, Pedro Perret and Jan Harmensz.