[1] In Rome in the 1590s he made engravings after works by Titian, Giulio Romano and Jacopo Bassano.

[1] He travelled back home and in 1599 he became a master in the Guild of Saint Luke in Antwerp.

[3] Pieter de Jode the Elder initially made engravings after Bartholomäus Spranger, which show the influence of his master Hendrik Goltzius.

[4] This influence was evident in his spirited, disciplined and technically sophisticated engraving technique.

[1] During his stay in Italy he mainly engraved after the works of leading Italian painters such as Titian, Jacopo Bassano, Giulio Romano, Annibale Carracci, Francesco Vanni and others and the influence of Goltzius became less pronounced.