1570 in art explained

Events from the year 1570 in art.

Events

Ustad ‘Osman becomes head of the painters at the Seraglio workshop of Sultan Murad III.

Federico Barocci - Rest on the Flight into Egypt (Vatican Museums)
Joachim Beuckelaer - The Four Elements (series completed)
Bernaert de Rijckere - The Festival of the Gods
Hans Eworth- Elizabeth 1st
El Greco - The Entombment of Christ (approximate completion date)
Paolo Veronese - The Allegory of Love (ceiling paintings for Prague Castle; now in National Gallery, London)^[1]

November 15 - Francesco Curradi, Italian painter of the style described as Counter-Maniera or Counter-Mannerism (died 1631)
date unknown
- Giuseppe Agellio, Italian painter (died after 1620)
- Giulio Cesare Angeli, Italian painter (died 1630)
- Cornelis Jacobsz Delff, Dutch painter (died 1643)
- Tommaso Dolabella, Baroque painter from Venice (died 1650)
- Renold Elstracke, one of the earliest native engravers in England (died 1625)
- Epiphanius Evesham, British sculptor (died 1634)
- Aegidius Sadeler II, Flemish engraver of the Sadeler family (died 1629)
- Gillis van Valckenborch, Flemish painter (died 1622)
- Francesco Zucco, Italian painter (died 1627)
probable
- Abel Grimmer, Flemish painter (died c.1620)
- Hans Krumpper, sculptor and plasterer (died 1634)
- Pasquale Ottini, Italian painter active mainly in Verona (died 1630)
- Isabella Parasole, Italian engraver on wood (date of death unknown)
- Leonardo Parasole, Italian engraver on wood (date of death unknown)
- Aegidius Sadeler, Flemish painter and engraver (died 1629)
- Denis van Alsloot, Flemish painter (died 1626)
- 1570-1575:Simon Frisius, Dutch engraver (died 1628/29)

January 19 - Paris Bordone, Venetian painter (born 1495)
October 1 – Frans Floris, Flemish painter (born 1519)
October 3 - Hieronymus Cock, Flemish Northern Renaissance painter, etcher and publisher of prints (born 1510)
November 27 - Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect, especially around the Piazza San Marco in Venice (born 1486)
date unknown
- Gaspar Becerra, Spanish painter and sculptor (born 1520)
- Francesco Imparato, Italian painter active mainly in his natal city of Naples (born 1520)
- Ferdinando Manlio, Italian sculptor (date of birth unknown)
- Francesco Melzi, Italian painter, beloved and favourite pupil of Leonardo da Vinci (born 1491)
- Francesco Primaticcio, Italian painter, architect, and sculptor (born 1504)
- Martin Van Cleve, Flemish painter (born 1520)
probable - Domenico del Barbieri, Florentine artist of the Renaissance period (born 1506)