1588 in art

Events

• (unknown)

Paintings

• Nicholas Hilliard – Young Man Among Roses

Births

• January 10 - Nicolaes Eliaszoon Pickenoy, Dutch painter of Flemish origin (d. 1653/1656)
• January 20 - Francesco Gessi, Italian painter of frescoes (d. 1649)
• September 10 - Nicholas Lanier, English composer, singer, lutenist and painter (d. 1666)
• date unknown
  • Claude Deruet – French Baroque painter (d. 1630)
  • Giuseppe Badaracco – Italian painter of the Baroque period (d. 1657)
  • Marco Antonio Bassetti – Italian painter (d. 1630)
  • Ilario Casolano – Italian painter of the Baroque period (d. 1661)
  • Hendrick ter Brugghen – Dutch painter, and a leading member of the Dutch followers of Caravaggio (d. 1629)

Deaths

• March 9 - Pomponio Amalteo, Italian painter of the Venetian school (b. 1505)
• April 19 - Paolo Veronese, Italian painter of the Renaissance in Venice (b. 1528)
• August 8 - Alonso Sánchez Coello, portrait painter of the Spanish Renaissance (b. 1531/1532)
• date unknown - Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, French artist and member of Jean Ribault's expedition to the New World (b. 1533)