1569 in art

Events from the year 1569 in art.

Works

• Federico Barocci – Deposition (Perugia Cathedral)
• Joachim Beuckelaer – The Four Elements: "Water" and "Earth"
• Bronzino – The Martyrdom of St. Lawrence (fresco, Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence)
• Lucas Cranach the Younger – The Vineyard of the Lord
• Gerardus Mercator – Nova et Aucta Orbis Terrae Descriptio ad Usum Navigantium Emendata
• Cristoforo Rosa (with his brother Stefano) – entry ceilings for Biblioteca Marciana, Venice
• Stradanus – Vanity, Modesty and Death
• Frescos in Studenica monastery

Births

• Carlo Bononi, Italian painter of the School of Ferrara (died 1632)
• Lucio Massari, Italy painter of the School of Bologna (died 1633)
• Juan Bautista Mayno, Spanish painter of the Baroque period (died 1649)
• Frans Pourbus the younger, Flemish painter (died 1622)

Deaths

• September 9 – Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Netherlandish Renaissance painter and printmaker known for his landscapes and peasant scenes (born 1525)
• date unknown
• Vincenzo Cartari, Italian painter (born 1531)
• Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli, Italian painter of the Parmesan School of Painting (born 1500)
• Giovanni Battista Castello, Italian historical painter (born c. 1500)
• 1568/1569 - Jacob Binck, German engraver and painter (born between 1490-1504)

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