1587 in art
Events from the year 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
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