1566 in art

Events

* In China, the Jiajing era (1522–1566) is ending.
* Pieter Bruegel the Elder begins painting "The Massacre of the Innocents" (1566-1567).
* Giuseppe Arcimboldo returns to the Italian city-states.

Paintings

* Giuseppe Arcimboldo paints "Water" or Fish (Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna).
* Pieter Bruegel the Elder paints "Census in Bethlehem".
* Paolo Veronese, at the town cathedral in Lignano, paints the altarpiece about Jesus' baptism.

Births

* Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, Dutch painter (d. 1640), father of reverse-named painter Cornelis Hendriksz Vroom (1591-1661).
* Abraham Bloemaert, Dutch painter and printermaker (d. 1651)
* Joachim Wtewael - Dutch painter and engraver (d. 1638)
* Santo Peranda - a historical painter of Venice (d. 1638)
* Giovanni Baglione - Italian early baroque painter and historian of art (d. 1643)
* Francesco Villamena - Italian engraver (d. 1624)

Deaths

* Juan Correa de Vivar, painted at the height of the Spanish Renaissance (Renacimiento) (b. 1510) ["in Spanish: Juan Correa de Vivar"]
* Girolamo Romanino, Italian painter (b. 1485)
* Daniele da Volterra - Italian mannerist painter and sculptor (b. 1509)
* Jan Sanders van Hemessen - Flemish Northern Renaissance painter (b. 1500)
* Lambert Lombard - Flemish Renaissance painter, architect and theorist for the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (b. 1505)
* Niccolo Boldrini - Italian engraver (b. 1500)