1589 in art

Events from the year 1589 in art.

Events

 * Painter, sculptor and architect Willem Boy takes a leading role in the construction of the fortifications at Vaxholm, Sweden.

Paintings

 * Anonymous - Portrait of Sir Christopher Hatton
 * Annibale Carracci - Two Children Teasing a Cat (approximate date)
 * Hieronimo Custodis
 * Elizabeth Brydges
 * Giles Brydges, 3rd Baron Chandos
 * Cornelis van Haarlem - The First Family (approximate date)
 * Lavinia Fontana - Holy Family (El Escorial)
 * Quentin Matsys - Vision of the Prophet Ezekiel (approximate date)
 * Kaspar Memberger
 * Virgin and Child
 * Wolf-Dietrich von Raitenau, prince-archbishop of Salzburg
 * Tintoretto - Portrait of Nicolaus Padavinus
 * Jacopo Zucchi - Amor and Psyche

Births

 * July 16 - Sinibaldo Scorza, Italian painter, draughtsman and etcher (died 1631)
 * August 12 - Domenico Fiasella, Italian painter of primarily frescoes (died 1669)
 * date unknown
 * Johannes van der Beeck, Dutch painter (died 1644)
 * Adriaen van de Venne, Dutch Baroque painter of allegories, genre subjects and portraits (died 1662)
 * Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri - Italian painter and Caravaggisti (died 1655)
 * Kanō Sansetsu, Japanese painter (died 1651)
 * Bernardino Capitelli, Italian painter and etcher of the Baroque period (died 1639)
 * probable
 * Domenico Fetti, Italian painter (died 1624)
 * Sebastian Furck, German engraver (died 1666)
 * Hercules Seghers, Dutch painter and printmaker of the Dutch Golden Age (died 1638)

Deaths

 * date unknown
 * Quentin Metsys the Younger, Flemish painter (born 1543)
 * Cornelis Molenaer, Flemish painter (born 1540)
 * Heo Nanseolheon, Korean poet and painter (born 1563)
 * Sesson Shukei, Japanese Zen monk and painter of the Muromachi period (born 1504)
 * probable - Bernard Palissy, French potter and craftsman (born 1510)