1571 in art

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Events

François Clouet - Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France, daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II of Austria and Infanta Maria of Spain, wife of King Charles Charles IX of France
Gian Paolo Lomazzo – Altarpiece for Foppa chapel in San Marco, Milan

September 29 – Caravaggio, Italian painter and one of the first great representatives of the Baroque school (died 1610)
October 15 - Jacob Matham, Dutch engraver and pen-draftsman (died 1631)
date unknown
- Esther Inglis, Scottish miniaturist, embroiderer, calligrapher, translator and writer (died 1624)
- Antiveduto Grammatica, proto-Baroque Italian painter nicknamed Antiveduto ("foreseen") (died 1626)
- Rutilio di Lorenzo Manetti, Italian Mannerist painter (died 1639)
- Paulus Moreelse, Dutch painter, mainly of portraits (died 1638)
- Jan Harmensz. Muller, Dutch painter (died 1628)

February 13 – Benvenuto Cellini, Italian artist (born 1500)
March 21 - Hans Asper, Swiss painter (born 1499)
date unknown
- Pompeo Cesura - Italian painter and engraver (born 1500)
- Niccolo dell'Abbate, Italian Mannerist painter and decorator, of the Emilian school (born 1509/1512)
- Maso da San Friano, Italian painter active in Florence (born 1536)
- Jan van der Elburcht, Dutch painter (born 1500)