1587 in art

Events from the year 1587 in art.

Events

 * Statue of Trajan is replaced, by order of Pope Sixtus V, with the statue of Saint Peter on the Column of Trajan.

Paintings

 * Matteo Perez d'Aleccio - Saint Christopher (Church of San Miguel, Seville)
 * Francken – Jesus among the Doctors

Births

 * April 26 (baptized) - Abraham van der Haagen, Dutch painter (died 1639)
 * May - Esaias van de Velde, Dutch landscape painter (died 1630)
 * December 8 (bapt.) - Martin Ryckaert, Flemish landscape painter (died 1631)
 * date unknown
 * Francesco Allegrini da Gubbio, Italian painter of the Baroque period (died 1663)
 * Matteo Ingoli, Italian painter of the early-Baroque period (died 1631)
 * Claes Jansz. Visscher, Dutch genre painter (died 1652)
 * probable
 * George Jamesone, Scottish portrait painter (died 1644)
 * Filippo Napoletano, Italian artist of diverse paintings of exotic soldiers, skeletons of animals, or cityscapes (died 1629
 * Bartolomé Román, Spanish Baroque painter known for his series of archangels (died 1647)
 * Giovanni Battista Vanni, Italian painter and engraver (died 1660)

Deaths

 * May 3 - Lelio Orsi, Italian Renaissance painter of the Reggio Emilia school (born 1511)
 * September 25 - Giovanni Battista Fontana, Italian painter and engraver (born 1524)
 * date unknown
 * Giovanni Anastasi, Italian painter (born 1540)
 * Lazzaro Calvi, Italian painter who frequently collaborated with his brother (born 1512)
 * Antonio Campi, Italian painter (born 1522)
 * Annibale Fontana, Italian sculptor and medallist (born 1540)
 * Giovanni Battista della Marca, Italian painter (born 1532)
 * Plautilla Nelli, Italian painter (born 1523)
 * Juan Valverde de Amusco, Italian anatomist and engraver (born 1525)
 * probable - Caterina van Hemessen, Flemish Renaissance painter (b. 1528)