1578 in art

The year 1578 in art involved some significant events and new works.

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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

Thomas Pead by Cornelis Ketel

• 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)

Footnotes

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

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Francisco Lopez-Caro". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Giorgio Clovio". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Giovanni Battista Moroni". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.