(2) Even as anatomical instruction is placed centre stage in Stradano's drawing to convey its foundational role in an artist's education, a clear demarcation exists between downstage and upstage whereas the former hosts the notional first act of an artistic career, in which students and apprentices pursue the scientific basis of their avocation, the latter features the way in which independent masters actually work. The first of these took place the following winter under the stewardship of Stradano and the native Florentine painter Alessandro Allori (1535-1607). (1) On 1 July 1563, six months after its institution, the Accademia had passed a statute requiring its members to attend an annual dissection as part of its implementation of a curriculum based on Michelangelo's practices, most notably his study of anatomy. 1), the Flemish painter and academician Jan van der Straet, known in Italy as Giovanni Stradano (1523-1605), represented the pedagogical philosophy of the recently established Accademia del Disegno of which he was a founding member. In a drawing entitled Allegory of the Florentine Academy (c.1578 fig.

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