1539 in art

Works

Painting

• Hans Baldung – Virgin and Child
• Jacopo Bassano – Christ Among the Doctors
• Hans Holbein the Younger – Portrait of Anne of Cleves

Births

• June 13 - Jost Amman, Swiss illustrator
• Pietro Facchetti, Italian painter primarily of portraits
• Hasegawa Tōhaku, Japanese painter and founder of the Hasegawa school of Japanese painting during the Azuchi-Momoyama period

Deaths

• Isabella d'Este, Italian noblewoman, art collector, and patroness
• Marco Palmezzano, Italian painter and architect
• Il Pordenone, Italian painter of the Venetian school, active during the Renaissance
• Giacomo Pacchiarotti, Italian painter