1574 in art explained

Events from the year 1574 in art.

Events

Niccolò Circignani decorates the "Room of the Exploits" in the Palazzo del Comune at Castiglione del Lago.

April - Matteo Zaccolini, Italian painter, priest and author of the late Mannerist and early Baroque periods (died 1630)
May 14 - Daniel Dumonstier, French portraitist in crayon (died 1646)
date unknown
- Francesco Brizio, Italian painter and engraver of the Bolognese School (died 1623)
- Baccio Ciarpi, Italian painter (died 1654)
- Guillaume Dupré, French sculptor and medallist (died 1643)
- Nicodemo Ferrucci, Italian painter of the Baroque period (died 1650)
- Giulio Cesare Procaccini, Italian painter and sculptor of Milan (died 1625)
- Wen Zhenmeng, Chinese Ming Dynasty painter, calligrapher, scholar, author, and garden designer (died 1636)

March 18 – Lattanzio Gambara, Italian painter, active in Renaissance and Mannerist styles (born 1530)
June 27 – Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter and architect (born 1511)
October - Carlo Portelli, Italian painter (date of birth unknown)
October 1 - Marten van Heemskerk, Dutch portrait and religious painter (born 1498)
December 10 - Ascanio Condivi, Italian painter and writer, primarily remembered as the biographer of Michelangelo (born 1525)
date unknown
- Ascanio Condivi, Italian painter and writer (born 1525)
- Hans Eworth, Flemish painter (born 1520)
- Camillo Filippi, Italian painter (date of birth unknown)
- Francesco Menzocchi, Italian painter (born 1502)
probable
- Joachim Beuckelaer, Flemish painter primarily of scenes of kitchen and markets (born 1533)
- Jacopo Bertoia, Italian painter (born 1544)
- Giulio Bonasone, Italian painter and engraver (born 1498)
- Marco d'Agrate, Italian sculptor (born 1504)