1540 in art

Events

Works

• Südindischer Meister – Group of Women
• Qiu Ying paints The Imperial examinations

Births

• Giovanni Maria Butteri – Italian painter primarily of frescoes (d. 1606)
• Dionysius Calvaert (or Denis Calvaert), Flemish painter (d. 1619)
• Pieter Pietersz the Elder, Dutch painter (d. 1603)
• Giovanni Anastasi, Italian painter (d. 1587)
• Annibale Fontana, Italian sculptor and medallist (d. 1587)
• George Gower – English portrait painter who became sergeant-painter to Queen Elizabeth I (d. 1596)

Deaths

• Rosso Fiorentino – Italian Mannerist painter, in oil and fresco (b. 1494)
• Parmigianino – Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker (b. 1503)
• Barthel Beham – German engraver, miniaturist and painter (b. 1502)
• Hans Leonhard Schäufelein – German painter, designer, and wood engraver (b. 1480)
• Agostino Musi – Italian engraver (b. 1490)
• Jorge Afonso – Portuguese Renaissance painter (b. 1470)
• Cristóvão de Figueiredo – Portuguese Renaissance painter (b. unknown)
• (d. 1540/1541): Joos van Cleve – Netherlandish painter (b. 1480/1490)