1588 in art

Events

• Opificio delle pietre dure established in Florence.
• Cornelis van Haarlem starts working on ''The Fall of the Titans''

Paintings

• Annibale Carracci – approximate date
• * Landscape with a Fishing Scene
• * Venus with a Satyr and Cupids
• Hendrik Goltzius – The Four Disgracers
• George Gower – Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I of England
• Cornelis van Haarlem - Baptism of Christ
• Nicholas Hilliard – Young Man Among Roses
• Kaspar Memberger the Elder – Building of the Ark
• Hans von Aachen – ''The Judgement of Paris''

Births

• January 10 – Nicolaes Eliaszoon Pickenoy, Dutch painter of Flemish origin
• January 20 – Francesco Gessi, Italian painter of frescoes
• September 10 – Nicholas Lanier, English composer, singer, lutenist, painter and art collector
• date unknown
• *Claude Deruet, French Baroque painter
• *Giuseppe Badaracco, Italian painter of the Baroque period
• *Marco Antonio Bassetti, Italian painter
• *Ilario Casolano, Italian painter of the Baroque period
• *Hendrick ter Brugghen, Dutch painter, and a leading member of the Dutch followers of Caravaggio
• *Jan Sadeler II, Flemish engraver of the Sadeler family
• *Cristóbal Vela, Spanish Baroque painter and gilder

Deaths

• March 9 – Pomponio Amalteo, Italian painter of the Venetian school
• April 19 – Paolo Veronese, Italian painter of the Renaissance in Venice
• August 8 – Alonso Sánchez Coello, portrait painter of the Spanish Renaissance
• date unknown
• *Marco Marchetti, Italian painter
• *Jacques le Moyne de Morgues, French artist and member of Jean Ribault's expedition to the New World
• *Plautilla Nelli, Florentine religious painter and nun
• *Jacopo Strada, Italian painter, architect, goldsmith, inventor of machines, numismatist, linguist, collector and merchant of works of art