1566 in art

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Events

• In China, the Jiajing era (1522–1566) is ending.
• Pieter Bruegel the Elder begins painting The Massacre of the Innocents (1566-1567).
• Giuseppe Arcimboldo returns to the Italian city-states.

Paintings

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Massacre of the Innocents, c.1566-1567

• Giuseppe Arcimboldo - Water or Fish (The Four Elements; Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna.
• Pieter Bruegel the Elder - Census in Bethlehem.
• Paolo Veronese - altarpiece about Jesus' baptism at the cathedral of Lignano Sabbiadoro

Births

• Giovanni Baglione – Italian early baroque painter and historian of art (d. 1643)
• Abraham Bloemaert, Dutch painter and printermaker (d. 1651)
• Domenico Carpinoni – Italian painter of primarily religious works (d. 1658)
• Santo Peranda – a historical painter of Venice (d. 1638)
• Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, Dutch painter (d. 1640), father of reverse-named painter Cornelis Hendriksz Vroom (1591-1661)
• Joachim Wtewael – Dutch painter and engraver (d. 1638)

Deaths

• Juan Correa de Vivar, painted at the height of the Spanish Renaissance (Renacimiento) (b. 1510) [in Spanish: Juan Correa de Vivar]
• Girolamo Romanino, Italian painter (b. 1485)
• Daniele da Volterra – Italian mannerist painter and sculptor (b. 1509)
• Jan Sanders van Hemessen – Flemish Northern Renaissance painter (b. 1500)
• Lambert Lombard – Flemish Renaissance painter, architect and theorist for the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (b. 1505)
• Niccolo Boldrini – Italian engraver (b. 1500)