1571 in art

Events from the year 1571 in art.

Events

 * Gian Paolo Lomazzo becomes blind.

Works

 * 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
 * Titian – Tarquin and Lucretia

Births

 * 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)
 * Jacob van Swanenburgh, Dutch history painter and teacher (died 1638)

Deaths

 * 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)