1547 in art

Events

• Edward VI of England issues Reformation injunctions which leads to the destruction of many rood screens, and many religious works painted over

Works

Paintings

• Andrea Schiavone – Adoration of the Magi
• Titian – Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos
• Gianfrancesco Penni – Lust (Gianfrancesco Penni)

Births

• Nicholas Hilliard – English goldsmith and limner best known for his portrait miniatures (d. 1619)
• Jacopo Ligozzi – Italian painter, illustrator, designer, and miniaturist of the late Renaissance and early Mannerist styles (d. 1627)
• Matteo Perez d'Aleccio – Italian painter of devotional, historical and maritime subjects (d. 1616)
• Jan Soens – Dutch painter from 's-Hertogenbosch (d. 1611)
• Unkoku Togan – Japanese painter (d. 1618)
• Ding Yunpeng – Chinese painter especially of human figures and landscapes (d. 1628)

Deaths

• June 21 – Sebastiano del Piombo (byname of Sebastiano Luciani), Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter famous for his combination of the colors of the Venetian school and the monumental forms of the Roman school (b. 1485)
• August 3 – Fra Paolo da Pistoia, Italian painter and Dominican monk (b. 1490)
• Jörg Breu the Younger – German painter, son of Jörg Breu the Elder (b. 1510)
• Pellegrino da San Daniele – Italian painter in the late-Quattrocento and Renaissance styles (b. 1467)
• Perino del Vaga – Italian painter (b. 1501)
• Nicola Filotesio – Italian painter, architect and sculptor (b. 1480)
• Antonio Semini – Italian painter active in his native Genoa (b. 1485)