1557 in art
Events from the year 1557 in art.
Events
- Painter Biagio Betti becomes a monk of the order of the Theatines of San Silvestro al Quirinale, most of his works being found in the monastery of that order in Rome.
Works
- Sofonisba Anguissola
- *Family Portrait: Minerva, Amilcare and Asdrubale Anguissola
- *Portrait of Bianca Ponzoni Anguissola, the artist's mother
- Federico Barocci – Martyrdom of St. Sebastian
- Giovanni Battista Moroni – Portrait of a Man before the Virgin and Child
- Lattanzio Gambara – Apollo
- Joan de Joanes – Portrait of Alfonso V, King of Aragon
- Tintoretto – Tamar and Judah
- Daniele da Volterra – ''Massacre of the Innocents''
Births
- June 10 - Leandro Bassano, Venetian artist and younger brother of Francesco Bassano the Younger
- August 16 - Agostino Carracci, Italian painter and printmaker
- September 16 - Pietro Tacca, Italian sculptor and follower of Giambologna
- December 23 - Giovanni Battista Crespi, Italian painter, sculptor and architect
- date unknown
- *Alessandro Capriolo, Italian engraver and printer
- probable - Benedetto Bandiera, Italian painter
Deaths
- January 2 - Pontormo, Italian Mannerist painter and portraitist from the Florentine school
- January 3 - Giacomo Raibolini, Italian painter
- July 16 - Vincenzo degli Azani, Italian painter
- October 5 - Francesco Bacchiacca, Florentine Mannerist painter
- date unknown
- *Giovanni del Giglio, Italian painter
- *Lorenzo Lotto, Italian painter, draughtsman and illustrator
- *Giacomo Raibolini, Italian painter