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    became a nun in 1569. Stradanus worked in Florence in a milieu that included Vasari, Bronzino, Allori and Salviati. Stradanus was one of the earliest...
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    descriptions captured the imaginations of later illustrators, such as Stradanus c. 1590 or Theodor de Bry in 1594 who showed an elephant being carried...
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    painting of Gualdrada is by the Flemish painter Stradanus, better known under his Italian name Stradanus. Against the wall is a cabinet with Florentine...
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    but the term "Stradanus engraving" is used by Guadalupan researchers. The plate was engraved by Samuel Stradanus [wd] of Antwerp (“Stradanus” is a Latinization...
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    The castle in the first circle of hell, as illustrated by Stradanus...
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    The fifth circle, illustrated by Stradanus...
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    The tempest of lust, with Minos in the distance, as illustrated by Stradanus...
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    Lower Hell, inside the walls of Dis, in an illustration by Stradanus. There is a drop from the sixth circle to the three rings of the seventh circle,...
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    Sinners in the second bolgia, as illustrated by Stradanus....
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    Illustration of 1587 by Stradanus of The Nine Circles of Hell from Dante's Inferno...
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    The hammock as an icon of America herself: engraving by Theodor Galle after Stradanus, c. 1630...
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    Amid the rain, Dante and Virgil encounter Cerberus, as illustrated by Stradanus...
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    The Contrapasso of the sorcerers, astrologers, and false prophets, illustrated by Stradanus...
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    including John Keats' "La Belle Dame sans Merci". The Flemish artist Stradanus designed a print called Preparation and Use of Guayaco for Treating Syphilis...
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    Pheraemon, Jocastus, and Agathyrnus. Odysseus in the Cave of the Winds by Stradanus (possibly 1590-1599) Aeolus Giving the Winds to Odysseus by Isaac Moillon...
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    A 1948 reproduction of the Stradanus engraving, a 17th-century certificate for indulgences, in return for cash contributions to build a shrine...
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    Allegory of the New World by Stradanus, depicting Vespucci that awakens the sleeping America...
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    church and state during the 16th and 17th centuries. The Flemish artist Stradanus designed a print of a wealthy man receiving treatment for syphilis with...
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    subject for artists such as Jacopo del Sellaio (d. 1493) and Joannes Stradanus, and women who were arts patrons started having themselves painted as...
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    An allegorical depiction of Magellan discovering the strait that would bear his name, created around 1592 by Flemish artist Johannes Stradanus....
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    dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe Historicity Codex Escalada (1548) Stradanus engraving (1615 or 1621) Image of the Virgin Mary Mother of God of Guadalupe...
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    Glance. Fox Chapel Publishing. pp. 18–19. ISBN 978-1-56523-239-6. Johannes Stradanus Archived 2007-11-03 at the Wayback Machine undated brief review of works...
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    Image of the Virgin Mary, with an early 17th-century engraving by Samuel Stradanus as a secondary source. Today, Catholics, especially those in Mexico and...
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    Theodoor Galle America engraving by Theodor Galle after Stradanus, ca 1630. Born Dirck 16 July 1571 Antwerp Died 8 December 1633(1633-12-08) (aged 62)...
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    dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe Historicity Codex Escalada (1548) Stradanus engraving (1615 or 1621) Image of the Virgin Mary Mother of God of Guadalupe...
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    designed a series of illustrations for the 1481 edition of the poem. Stradanus prepared a series of illustrations of Inferno. A commentary by La Comedia...
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    dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe Historicity Codex Escalada (1548) Stradanus engraving (1615 or 1621) Image of the Virgin Mary Mother of God of Guadalupe...
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    He was a pupil of Santi di Tito, then of the Flemish painter Joannes Stradanus. He was part of the large team of artists working under Giorgio Vasari...
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    Amerigo Vespucci awakens "America" in a Stradanus's engraving (circa 1638)....
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    St Paul Speaking to The Women of Philippi (Stradanus, 1582)...
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