1591 in art

Events from the year 1591 in art.

Events

 * Antiveduto Grammatica leaves the studio of Giovanni Domenico Angelini to set up as an independent artist.
 * William Scrots' anamorphic portrait of King Edward VI of England causes a sensation when it is exhibited at Whitehall Palace.

Works

 * Giuseppe Arcimboldo - Vertumnus (c.1590–91)
 * Abraham Bloemaert - Niobe
 * Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger - Sir Francis Drake wearing the Drake jewel

Births

 * January 12 - Jusepe de Ribera, Spanish Tenebrist painter and printmaker (died 1652)
 * February 8 - Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Guercino)), Italian painter (died 1666)
 * March 19 - Dirck Hals, Dutch painter of festivals and ballroom scenes (died 1656)
 * date unknown
 * Lucas de Wael, Flemish painter active mainly in Genoa (died 1631)
 * Jacques Fouquier, Flemish landscape painter (died 1659)
 * Giovanni Antonio Lelli, Italian painter of the Baroque period (died 1640)
 * Bartlomiej Strobel, painter (died 1650)
 * Cornelis Vroom, Dutch painter (died 1661), known for landscapes and seascapes, son of reverse-named Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom (1566–1640)
 * probable
 * Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech, Dutch painter (died 1624)
 * Valentin de Boulogne, French painter (died 1632)

Deaths

 * March 17 - Jost Amman, Swiss illustrator (born 1539)
 * May 3 - Antonio Abondio, Italian sculptor, best known as a medallist and as the pioneer of the coloured wax relief portrait miniature (born 1538)
 * October 3 - Vincenzo Campi, Italian painter (born 1536)
 * November 30 (possible date) - Johan Gregor van der Schardt, Dutch-born sculptor working in Denmark (born c.1530/31)
 * date unknown
 * Bernardino Campi, Italian Renaissance painter (born 1522)
 * Giovanni Battista Naldini, Italian late-Mannerist painter in Florence (born 1537)
 * probable - Crispin van den Broeck, Flemish painter (born 1523)