Stradanus

Giovanni Stradano or Jan Van der Straet or van der Straat or Stradanus or Stratesis was a Flanders-born mannerist artist active mainly in 16th century Florence. Born in Bruges in 1523; he died in Florence on 11 of February 1605. He began his training in the shop of his father, then in Antwerp with Pieter Aertsen. By 1545, he had joined the Antwerp guild of Saint Luke or painters' guild, the equivalent of the Roman (Accademia San Luca). He reached Florence in 1550, where he entered in the service of the Medici Dukes and Giorgio Vasari. He also worked with Francesco Salviati in the decoration of the Vatican Belvedere. He returned to Florence and worked in the Palazzo Vecchio and the villa of Poggio a Caiano. He was one of the artists involved in the Studiolo of Francesco I (1567-1577), to which he contributed two paintings including "The Alchemist's Studio".

ee also

*Flemish painting

External links to works

* [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Stradanus Stradanus] at Wikimedia Commons. Accessed August 6, 2007.
* [http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/straet_jan_van_der.html Jan van der Staet] at ArtCyclopedia. Accessed August 6, 2007.
* [http://search.famsf.org:8080/search.shtml?keywords=Straet Jan van der Straet] at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Accessed August 6, 2007.
* [http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/images/gallery/9953f7ac.html Jan van der Straet, "Pearl Diving"] at ArtAndArchitecture.Org. Accessed August 6, 2007.
* [http://www.alchemywebsite.com/derstrae.html Jan van der Straet, "Distillatio"] at alchemy website. Accessed August 6, 2007.
* [http://www.artcyclopedia.com/r/harvard-search.html?Straet,%20Jan%20van%20der Jan van der Straet, "Wolf Trapping" and "A Boar Hunt"] at Harvard University. Accessed August 6, 2007.
* [http://193.190.214.109/webopac/List.csp?SearchT1=&Index1=Index24&Database=2&SearchMethod=Find_1&SearchTerm1=Stradanus&SearchTerm2=&SearchTerm3=&OpacLanguage=fre&Profile=Default&RequestId=1_96&PageType=RecordListFind&PreviousList=RecordListFind&WebPageNr=1&NumberToRetrieve=10&WebAction=NewSearch&StartValue=1 Jan van der Straet, "Allegorie de Volterre" and "Christ Condemned By Pilate"] at Fabritius. Accessed August 6, 2007.