1547 in art
Events from the year 1547 in art.
Events
- Edward VI of England issues Reformation injunctions which leads to the destruction of many rood screens, and many religious works painted over
Works
Paintings
- Lucas Cranach the Elder – Last Supper
- Gianfrancesco Penni – Lust
- Andrea Schiavone – Adoration of the Magi
- Tintoretto – Esther Before Ahasuerus
- Titian
- *Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos
- *''Venus and Musician''
Births
- date unknown
- *Jacopo Ligozzi, Italian painter, illustrator, designer, and miniaturist of the late Renaissance and early Mannerist styles
- *Matteo Perez d'Aleccio, Italian painter of devotional, historical and maritime subjects
- *Unkoku Togan, Japanese painter
- probable
- *Nicholas Hilliard, English goldsmith and limner best known for his portrait miniatures
- *Jan Soens, Dutch painter from 's-Hertogenbosch
- *Ding Yunpeng, Chinese painter especially of human figures and landscapes
Deaths
- June 21 – Sebastiano del Piombo, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter who combined the influences of the Venetian school and the Roman school
- August 3 – Fra Paolo da Pistoia, Italian painter and Dominican friar
- August 31 - Nicola Filotesio, Italian painter, architect and sculptor
- October 14 - Perino del Vaga, Italian painter
- December 23 - Pellegrino da San Daniele, Italian painter in the late-Quattrocento and Renaissance styles
- date unknown
- *Jörg Breu the Younger, German painter, son of Jörg Breu the Elder
- *Giovanni Cariani, Italian painter of the high-Renaissance
- probable - Antonio Semini, Italian painter active in his native Genoa