1556 in art

none August 2026 1556 art Events from the year 1556 in art. Works thumb|Self-portrait by Sofonisba Anguissola Sofonisba Anguissola – Self-portrait at the easel Jan Sanders van Hemessen – The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant Paolo Veronese - Jupiter Hurling Thinderbolts at the Vices (Begun in 1554 - completed in 1556 - created for the Sala dei Consiglio dei Dieci, of the Palazzo Ducale in Venice, now in the collection of the Louvre) Births August 16 - Bartolomeo Cesi, Italian painter of the Bolognese School (died 1629) October 24 - Giovanni Battista Caccini, Italian sculptor (died 1613) date unknown Giovanni Bizzelli, Italian painter (died 1612) Aurelio Lomi, Italian painter of frescoes (died 1622) Carlo Maderno, Italian architect (died 1629)https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carlo-Maderno Carlo Maderno Encyclopædia Britannica 3 August 2026 Alessandro Maganza, Italian Mannerist painter (died 1630) Pietro Malombra, Italian painter (died 1618) Lazzaro Tavarone, Genoese painter (died 1641) probable Adrien de Vries, late Mannerist sculptor born in the Netherlands (died 1626) Otto van Veen, painter, draughtsman, and humanist (died 1629) Deaths April - Cristofano Gherardi, Italian Mannerist painter (born 1508) August 1 - Girolamo da Carpi, court painter and decorator to the Duke d'Este (born 1501) date unknown Luca Penni, Italian painter, member of the School of Fontainebleau (born 1500) Girolamo da Santa Croce, Italian Renaissance painter (born 1480/1485) probable – Jan Mostaert, Haarlem painter (born 1475) References Category:Years of the 16th century in art