1578 in art

Events

Works

Paintings

Births

*March 17 (or August 17) - Francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660)
*August 10 - Matteo Rosselli - Italian painter of historical paintings in the late Florentine and early Baroque (d. 1650)
*October 12 - Baldassare Aloisi, Italian portrait painter and engraver (d. 1638)
*"date unknown"
**Battistello Caracciolo, Italian painter (d. 1635)
**Agostino Ciampelli, Italian fresco painter (d. 1640)
**Adam Elsheimer, German "cabinet" painter (d. 1610)
**Fede Galizia, Italian still life painter (d. 1630)
**Ottavio Leoni, Italian painter and printmaker (d. 1630)
**Francisco Lopez Caro, Spanish painter (d. 1662)
**Bartolomeo Schedoni, Italian painter (d. 1615)
**Alessandro Turchi, Italian painter (d. 1649)
**Hieronymus Francken II - Flemish painter (d. "unknown")
**Pieter Neeffs I - Flemish Baroque painter who specialized in architectural interiors of churches (d. 1656)
**Francesco Stringa - Italian court painter for Duke Ranuccio I Farnese (d. 1615)
*"probable" - Iwasa Matabei, Japanese painter (d. 1650)

Deaths

*January 5 - Giulio Clovio, Croation illustrator and miniaturist (b. 1498)
*February 5 - Giovanni Battista Moroni, Italian Mannerist painter (b. 1520/1524)

*"date unknown" - Giovanni Battista Zelotti, Italian painter (b. 1526)