Contremuit subito detentis carcere tellus Et Paulo et Sila, subitoque fragore refracti Carceris attonitus custos parat ense corusco Accelerare sibi fatum, sed fonte Iduatur. (Acto. 16.27.) Gravure originale du XVIIe siècle

, on the occasion of her marriage to Francesco I de' Medici. Greatly influenced by the Mannerists, including Michelangelo, Johannes Stradanus contributed to the development of grand Italian history painting. He painted several altarpieces for Florentine churches. He also stayed in Rome from 1550 to 1553 and in Naples in 1576. After a stay in Antwerp in 1578, he devoted a large part of his activity to engraving.