1562 in art

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In Venice, sumptuary laws in 1562 decreed that all gondolas must be painted black to prevent lavish displays of wealth.
Vasari, who had erected the Uffizi Gallery in 1560, founded the Academy of Design in 1562.
Paolo Veronese (1528-1588) begins painting The Wedding at Cana (1562-1563).
The Medici court astronomer Fra Ignazio Danti paints maps at the Palazzo Vecchio.
Tintoretto begins the three paintings of the miracles of St. Mark (1562-66), for the Scuola di San Marco.

Pieter Brueghel the Elder, The Triumph of Death (c.1562) in the Museo del Prado, Madrid, strongly influenced by the style of Hieronymus Bosch

Pieter Brueghel the Elder paints The Triumph of Death (oil on panel) 117 x 162 cm (46 x 63.8 in).
Lattanzio Gambara paints frescoes in
Titian paints Death Of Actaeon.
Titian paints The Rape of Europa (Boston museum).
Ludger tom Ring the Younger paints a pair of upright pictures of iris and lilies.

Jan van Scorel - Dutch painter credited with the introduction of High Italian Renaissance art to the Netherlands (b. 1495)
Jean Duvet - French Renaissance goldsmith and engraver (b. 1485)