1540 in art

Events from the year 1540 in art.

Works

Ardabil Carpets
Francesco de' Rossi – Rodolfo Pio da Carpi
Hans Holbein the Younger
*Portrait of Henry VIII
*Miniature Portrait of Catherine Howard
Michelangelo – Brutus
'Südindischer Meister' – Group of Women
Titian - Portrait of Benedetto Varchi
Qiu Ying – ''The Imperial examinations''

Births

December 21 - Thomas Schweicker, disabled German painter and calligrapher
date unknown
*Robert Adams, English architect, engraver and surveyor of buildings to Queen Elizabeth
*Giovanni Anastasi, Italian painter
*Andrea Andreani, Italian wood engraver and early exponent of chiaroscuro
*Giovanni Maria Butteri, Italian fresco painter
*Denis Calvaert, Flemish painter
*Cristoforo Coriolano, German engraver of the Renaissance
*Cristóbal de Acevedo, Spanish painter, active mainly during the Renaissance period
*Annibale Fontana, Italian sculptor and medallist
*Hieronymus Francken I, Flemish painter
*Pieter Pietersz the Elder, Dutch painter
*Friedrich Sustris, Italian-born Dutch painter working in Bavaria
probable
*Étienne Dumonstier, French Renaissance portrait painter
*George Gower, English portrait painter who became sergeant-painter to Queen Elizabeth I

Deaths

April 15 - Marguerite Scheppers, painter
August 24 - Parmigianino, Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker
November 15 - Rosso Fiorentino, Italian Mannerist painter, in oil and fresco
date unknown
*Jorge Afonso, Portuguese Renaissance painter
*Barthel Beham, German engraver, miniaturist and painter
*Vincenzo degli Azani, Italian painter
*Gregor Erhart, German sculptor, son of Michel Erhart
*Damià Forment, Spanish sculptor
*Giulio Raibolini, Italian painter
probable
*Hans Leonhard Schäufelein, German painter, designer, and wood engraver
*Agostino Veneziano, Italian engraver
*Cristóvão de Figueiredo, Portuguese Renaissance painter
*Joos van Cleve, Netherlandish painter
*Hans Springinklee, German wood-engraver
*1540/1547: Nicola da Urbino - Italian maiolica and ceramicist