1544 in art

Births

• January 24 - Gillis van Coninxloo, Dutch painter of forest landscapes (died 1607)
• date unknown
• Jacopo Bertoia, Italian painter of a late-Renaissance or Mannerist style (died 1574)
• Giovanni Guerra, Italian draughtsman and painter (died 1618)
• Ambrosius Francken I, Flemish painter (died 1616)
• Jan de Hoey, Dutch painter (died 1615)
• Francesco Morandini, Italian painter active in Florence (died 1597)
• Joos van Winghe, Flemish painter (died 1603)

Deaths

• July 17 - Giovanni Antonio Sogliani, Italian painter (born 1492)
• September 10 - Girolamo da Treviso, Italian painter (born 1508)
• date unknown
• Chén Chún, Chinese artist specializing in "ink and wash" paintings (born 1483)
• Vincenzo Civerchio, Italian painter of the Renaissance (born 1470)
• Jost de Negker, Dutch woodcut-maker, printer and publisher (born 1485)
• Lucas Horenbout, Flemish artist and court miniaturist to King Henry VIII of England (born 1490/1495)
• Alessandro Oliverio, Italian painter (born 1500)

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