1574 in art

Events from the year 1574 in art.

Events

 * Niccolò Circignani decorates the "Room of the Exploits" in the Palazzo del Comune at Castiglione del Lago.

Works

 * Niccolò Circignani - Frescos at Palazzo della Corgna in Castiglione del Lago
 * Jean de Court - Henri, Duke of Anjou
 * Corneille de Lyon - Gabrielle de Rochechouart
 * Hans von Aachen - Self-portrait (approximate date)

Births

 * April - Matteo Zaccolini, Italian painter, priest and author of the late Mannerist and early Baroque periods (died 1630)
 * May 14 - Daniel Dumonstier, French portraitist in crayon (died 1646)
 * date unknown
 * Francesco Brizio, Italian painter and engraver of the Bolognese School (died 1623)
 * Baccio Ciarpi, Italian painter (died 1654)
 * Guillaume Dupré, French sculptor and medallist (died 1643)
 * Nicodemo Ferrucci, Italian painter of the Baroque period (died 1650)
 * Giulio Cesare Procaccini, Italian painter and sculptor of Milan (died 1625)
 * Wen Zhenmeng, Chinese Ming Dynasty painter, calligrapher, scholar, author, and garden designer (died 1636)

Deaths

 * March 18 – Lattanzio Gambara, Italian painter, active in Renaissance and Mannerist styles (born 1530)
 * June 27 – Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter and architect (born 1511)
 * October - Carlo Portelli, Italian painter (date of birth unknown)
 * October 1 - Marten van Heemskerk, Dutch portrait and religious painter (born 1498)
 * December 10 - Ascanio Condivi, Italian painter and writer, primarily remembered as the biographer of Michelangelo (born 1525)
 * date unknown
 * Ascanio Condivi, Italian painter and writer (born 1525)
 * Hans Eworth, Flemish painter (born 1520)
 * Camillo Filippi, Italian painter (date of birth unknown)
 * Francesco Menzocchi, Italian painter (born 1502)
 * probable
 * Joachim Beuckelaer, Flemish painter primarily of scenes of kitchen and markets (born 1533)
 * Jacopo Bertoia, Italian painter (born 1544)
 * Giulio Bonasone, Italian painter and engraver (born 1498)
 * Marco d'Agrate, Italian sculptor (born 1504)