1574 in art

Events

• Niccolò Circignani decorates the "Room of the Exploits" in the Palazzo del Comune at Castiglione del Lago.

Works

• Niccolò Circignani - Frescos at Palazzo della Corgna in Castiglione del Lago
• Jean de Court - Henri, Duke of Anjou
• Corneille de Lyon - Gabrielle de Rochechouart
• Hans von Aachen - ''Self-portrait''

Births

• April - Matteo Zaccolini, Italian painter, priest and author of the late Mannerist and early Baroque periods
• May 14 - Daniel Dumonstier, French portraitist in crayon
• date unknown
• *Francesco Brizio, Italian painter and engraver of the Bolognese School
• *Baccio Ciarpi, Italian painter
• *Guillaume Dupré, French sculptor and medallist
• *Nicodemo Ferrucci, Italian painter of the Baroque period
• *Giulio Cesare Procaccini, Italian painter and sculptor of Milan
• *Wen Zhenmeng, Chinese Ming Dynasty painter, calligrapher, scholar, author, and garden designer

Deaths

• March 18 – Lattanzio Gambara, Italian painter, active in Renaissance and Mannerist styles
• June 27 – Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter and architect
• October - Carlo Portelli, Italian painter
• October 1 - Marten van Heemskerk, Dutch portrait and religious painter
• December 10 - Ascanio Condivi, Italian painter and writer, primarily remembered as the biographer of Michelangelo
• date unknown
• *Ascanio Condivi, Italian painter and writer
• *Hans Eworth, Flemish painter
• *Camillo Filippi, Italian painter
• *Francesco Menzocchi, Italian painter
• probable
• *Joachim Beuckelaer, Flemish painter primarily of scenes of kitchen and markets
• *Jacopo Bertoia, Italian painter
• *Giulio Bonasone, Italian painter and engraver
• *Marco d'Agrate, Italian sculptor