1557 in art

Events from the year 1557 in art.

Events

 * Painter Biagio Betti becomes a monk of the order of the Theatines of San Silvestro al Quirinale, most of his works being found in the monastery of that order in Rome.

Works

 * Sofonisba Anguissola
 * Family Portrait: Minerva, Amilcare and Asdrubale Anguissola
 * Portrait of Bianca Ponzoni Anguissola, the artist's mother (Staatliche Museen, Berlin)
 * Federico Barocci – Martyrdom of St. Sebastian (Urbino Cathedral)
 * Giovanni Battista Moroni – Portrait of a Man before the Virgin and Child
 * Lattanzio Gambara – Apollo
 * Joan de Joanes – Portrait of Alfonso V, King of Aragon
 * Tintoretto – Tamar and Judah
 * Daniele da Volterra – Massacre of the Innocents

Births

 * June 10 - Leandro Bassano, Venetian artist and younger brother of Francesco Bassano the Younger (died 1622)
 * August 16 - Agostino Carracci, Italian painter and printmaker (died 1602)
 * September 16 - Pietro Tacca, Italian sculptor and follower of Giambologna (died 1640)
 * December 23 - Giovanni Battista Crespi, Italian painter, sculptor and architect (died 1632)
 * date unknown
 * Alessandro Capriolo, Italian engraver and printer (died unknown)
 * probable (born 1557/1560) - Benedetto Bandiera, Italian painter (died 1634)

Deaths

 * January 2 - Pontormo, Italian Mannerist painter and portraitist from the Florentine school (born 1494)
 * January 3 - Giacomo Raibolini, Italian painter (born 1484)
 * July 16 - Vincenzo degli Azani, Italian painter (date of birth unknown)
 * October 5 - Francesco Bacchiacca, Florentine Mannerist painter (born 1494)
 * date unknown
 * Giovanni del Giglio, Italian painter
 * Lorenzo Lotto, Italian painter, draughtsman and illustrator (born 1480)
 * Giacomo Raibolini, Italian painter (born 1484)