1541 in art

none May 2026 1541 art Events from the year 1541 in art. Events Michelangelo completes his fresco The Last Judgment on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City.Michelangelo frescoed the ceiling and the Last Judgment https://www.thesistinechapel.org/sistine-chapel 2026-05-27 www.thesistinechapel.org en Cardinal Alexander writes to Bishop Marco Vigerio discussing frescoes to be done by Michelangelo for the Cappella Paolina. Works thumb|300px|Titian – The Marquis of Vasto addressing his troops, Museo del Prado Battista Franco Veneziano paints fresco of the Arrest of John the Baptist for the Oratory of San Giovanni DecollatoBattista Franco :: Biography ► Virtual Uffizi https://www.virtualuffizi.com/battista-franco-called-semolei.html 2026-05-27 Virtual Uffizi Gallery en-US Pietro Negroni paints Adoration of MagiAttributed to Pietro Negroni (1503-1565) - The Adoration of the Magi https://www.rct.uk/collection/905057/the-adoration-of-the-magi 2026-05-27 www.rct.uk en Titian – The Marquis of Vasto addressing his troopsThe Allocution of Marquis del Vasto to his Troops - The Collection - Museo Nacional del Prado https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/the-allocution-of-marquis-del-vasto-to-his-troops/2eaca4da-1943-44e2-a7f7-f020ade89242 2026-05-27 www.museodelprado.es Antoine Caron – Dionysius Areopagite and the Eclipse of Sun(image)Dionysius the Areopagite Converting the Pagan Philosophers (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection) https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103RGQ 2026-05-27 The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection en Births date unknown El Greco (or Domenikos Theotokopoulos), painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance (died 1614) Aert Mijtens, Flemish Renaissance painter (died 1602) Yi Chong, Korean painter (died 1622) Deaths January 6 - Bernard van Orley, Flemish Northern Renaissance painter and draughtsman (born 1487-1491) August - Valentin Bousch, glass painter (born 1490) date unknown Jean Clouet, miniaturist and painter who worked in France during the Renaissance (born 1480) Gerard Horenbout, Flemish miniaturist (born 1465) Stanisław Samostrzelnik, Polish Renaissance painter and Cistercian monk (born 1490) References Category:Years of the 16th century in art