1585 in art explained
Events from the year 1585 in art.
Events
Works
Births
- January - Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (died 1634)
- May 17 (bapt.) - Esaias van de Velde, Dutch landscape painter (died 1630)
- June 28 - Sisto Badalocchio, Italian painter and engraver of the Bolognese School (died 1647)
- July 7 - Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English art collector (died 1646)
- August 25 - Giovanni Biliverti, Italian Mannerist painter (died 1644)
- date unknown
- Arent Arentsz, Dutch painter (died 1631)
- Sir Nathaniel Bacon, English landowner and painter of kitchen and market scenes with large vegetables, fruit, and buxom maids (died 1627)
- Boetius à Bolswert, Dutch engraver (died 1633)
- Isaac Briot, French engraver and draughtsman (died 1670)
- Angelo Caroselli, Italian painter of the Baroque period (died 1652)
- Huang Daozhou, Chinese calligrapher, scholar and official of the Ming Dynasty (died 1646)
- Lan Ying, Chinese painter of landscapes, human figures, flowers and birds during the Ming Dynasty (died 1664)
- John Taylor, English portrait painter (died 1651)
- Jacob van Geel, Dutch Golden Age painter (died 1648)
- Ottavio Vannini, Italian painter of altarpieces and churches, active mainly in Florence (died 1643)
- Giuseppe Vermiglio, Caravaggisti painter from Northern Italy (died 1635)
- Wen Zhenheng, Chinese Ming dynasty scholar, painter, and landscape garden designer (died 1645)
Deaths