1578 in art explained

Events from the year 1578 in art.

Events

• March 8 - On the death of Elisabeth of Brandenburg-Küstrin, her husband, Margrave George Frederick I of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach commissions a monument by Willem van Bloche.

Works

• George Gower – Lady Philippa Coningsby
• Cornelis Ketel – Portraits
  • Richard Goodricke of Ribston
  • Thomas Pead

Births

• March 17 – Francesco Albani,^[1] Italian painter (died 1660)
• August 10 – Matteo Rosselli,^[2] Italian painter of historical paintings in the late Florentine and early Baroque (died 1650)
• October 12 – Baldassare Aloisi,^[3] Italian portrait painter and engraver (died 1638)
• date unknown
  • Jan Baptist Barbé, Flemish engraver (died 1649)
  • Battistello Caracciolo,^[4] Italian painter (died 1635)
  • Agostino Ciampelli,^[5] Italian fresco painter (died 1640)
  • Adam Elsheimer,^[6] German "cabinet" painter (died 1610)
  • Fede Galizia,^[7] Italian still life painter (died 1630)
  • Ottavio Leoni,^[8] Italian painter and printmaker (died 1630)
  • Francisco Lopez Caro, Spanish painter (died 1662)
  • Bartolomeo Schedoni,^[9] Italian painter (died 1615)
  • Jean Toutin, French enamel worker, one of the first artists to make enamel portrait miniatures (died 1644)
  • Alessandro Turchi,^[10] Italian painter (died 1649)
  • Hieronymus Francken II,^[11] Flemish painter (d. unknown)
  • Francesco Stringa, Italian court painter for Duke Ranuccio I Farnese (died 1615)
• probable
  • Guy François, French painter (died 1650)
  • Iwasa Matabei,^[12] Japanese painter (died 1650)
  • Pieter Neeffs I, Flemish Baroque painter who specialized in architectural interiors of churches (died 1656)
  • Gerrit van Bloclant, Dutch Renaissance painter (died 1650)

Deaths

• January 5 – Giulio Clovio, Croatian illustrator and miniaturist (born 1498)
• February 5 – Giovanni Battista Moroni, Italian Mannerist painter (born 1520/1524)
• March 17 - Cornelis Cort, Dutch engraver and draughtsman (born 1533)
• August 28 - Giovanni Battista Zelotti, Italian painter (born 1526)
• October 13 - Jean Bullant, French sculptor and architect (born 1515)
• Date unknown
  • Pierre Lamo, Italian history painter
  • Bernardino Lanini, Italian Renaissance painter active mainly in Milan (born 1511) (probable date)
  • Benedetto Pagni, Italian painter
  • Qian Gu, Chinese landscape painter during the Ming Dynasty (born c.1508) (approximate date)
  • Raffaellino da Reggio, Italian Mannerist painter (born 1550)

Notes and References

1. Book: Puglisi, Catherine . Francesco Albani. 1999. Yale University Press. Francesco Albani.
2. Web site: Rosselli, Matteo. artnet. 8 July 2010.
3. Book: Knight, Charles . The English Cyclopædia: A New Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Volume 3. 1856. Bradbury & Evans.
4. Web site: Giovanni Battista Caracciolo, called Battistello Caracciolo (Naples 1578-1635). Galerie Canesso. 8 July 2010.
5. Web site: Agostino Ciampelli (Italian, 1578-1640). artnet. 8 July 2010.
6. Web site: Pioch. Nicolas. Elsheimer, Adam . WebMuseum. 8 July 2010. 14 July 2002.
7. Book: Hedges, Elaine. In Her Own Image: Women Working in the Arts. 1980. Feminist Press. 0-912670-62-2. Ingrid Wendt. Ingrid Wendt. 54. registration.
8. Web site: British Museum - Ottavio Leoni, Self-portrait, an engraving. Trustees of the British Museum. 9 July 2010.
9. Web site: Bartolomeo Schedoni artist 1578 - 1615 The National Gallery, London. The National Gallery. 10 July 2010.
10. Book: Littleton. Gods, Goddesses, and Mythology, Volume 1. 2005. 1078. Marshall Cavendish. 0-7614-7559-1. Marshall Cavendish Corporation.
11. Web site: Hieronymus Francken II (Flemish, 1578-1623). The Walters Art Museum. 10 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110722231224/http://art.thewalters.org/viewartist.aspx?id=4911#results. 22 July 2011. dead.
12. Web site: British Museum - Iwasa Matabei, Monk Mongaku, from Heike Monogatari ('Tale of the Heike'). Trustees of the British Museum. 10 July 2010.