1587 in art

Events

• Statue of Trajan is replaced, by order of Pope Sixtus V, with the statue of Saint Peter on the Column of Trajan.

Paintings

• Matteo Perez d'Aleccio - Saint Christopher
• Francken – ''Jesus among the Doctors''

Births

• April 26 - Abraham van der Haagen, Dutch painter
• May - Esaias van de Velde, Dutch landscape painter
• December 8 - Martin Ryckaert, Flemish landscape painter
• date unknown
• *Francesco Allegrini da Gubbio, Italian painter of the Baroque period
• *Matteo Ingoli, Italian painter of the early-Baroque period
• *Claes Jansz. Visscher, Dutch genre painter
• probable
• *George Jamesone, Scottish portrait painter
• *Filippo Napoletano, Italian artist of diverse paintings of exotic soldiers, skeletons of animals, or cityscapes
• *Giovanni Battista Vanni, Italian painter and engraver

Deaths

• May 3 - Lelio Orsi, Italian Renaissance painter of the Reggio Emilia school
• September 25 - Giovanni Battista Fontana, Italian painter and engraver
• date unknown
• *Giovanni Anastasi, Italian painter
• *Lazzaro Calvi, Italian painter who frequently collaborated with his brother
• *Antonio Campi, Italian painter
• *Annibale Fontana, Italian sculptor and medallist
• *Giovanni Battista della Marca, Italian painter
• *Plautilla Nelli, Italian painter
• *Juan Valverde de Amusco, Italian anatomist and engraver
• probable - Caterina van Hemessen, Flemish Renaissance painter