1589 in art

Events

• Painter, sculptor and architect Willem Boy takes a leading role in the construction of the fortifications at Vaxholm, Sweden.

Paintings

• Anonymous - Portrait of Sir Christopher Hatton
• Annibale Carracci - Two Children Teasing a Cat
• Hieronimo Custodis
• *Elizabeth Brydges
• *Giles Brydges, 3rd Baron Chandos
• Cornelis van Haarlem - The First Family
• Lavinia Fontana - Holy Family
• Quentin Matsys - Vision of the Prophet Ezekiel
• Kaspar Memberger
• *Virgin and Child
• *Wolf-Dietrich von Raitenau, prince-archbishop of Salzburg
• Tintoretto - Portrait of Nicolaus Padavinus
• Jacopo Zucchi - ''Amor and Psyche''

Births

• July 16 - Sinibaldo Scorza, Italian painter, draughtsman and etcher
• August 12 - Domenico Fiasella, Italian painter of primarily frescoes
• date unknown
• *Johannes van der Beeck, Dutch painter
• *Adriaen van de Venne, Dutch Baroque painter of allegories, genre subjects and portraits
• *Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri - Italian painter and Caravaggisti
• *Kanō Sansetsu, Japanese painter
• *Bernardino Capitelli, Italian painter and etcher of the Baroque period
• probable
• *Domenico Fetti, Italian painter
• *Sebastian Furck, German engraver
• *Hercules Seghers, Dutch painter and printmaker of the Dutch Golden Age

Deaths

• date unknown
• *Quentin Metsys the Younger, Flemish painter
• *Cornelis Molenaer, Flemish painter
• *Heo Nanseolheon, Korean poet and painter
• *Sesson Shukei, Japanese Zen monk and painter of the Muromachi period
• probable - Bernard Palissy, French potter and craftsman