1586 in art
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Events
- Flemish refugee Adam van Noort is commissioned by the County of the City of Coventry to produce a painting of local heroine Lady Godiva.
Works
- Anonymous – Portrait of Sir Henry Unton
- Giuseppe Arcimboldo – An Allegory of Death
- Federico Barocci – Vocation of Saints Peter and Andrew (Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium)
- Hieronimo Custodis – Edward Talbot
- El Greco – The Burial of the Count of Orgaz
Births
- date unknown
- Giovanni Stefano Marucelli, Italian painter and architect active mainly in Tuscany (died 1646)
- Orazio Riminaldi, Italian Caravaggisti painter of the Baroque period (died 1631)
- Tiberio Tinelli, Italian painter of portraits of aristocracy, merchants, and intellectuals in Venice (died 1638)
- Luis Tristán, Spanish painter (died 1624)
- probable
- Massimo Stanzione, Italian Caravaggisti Baroque painter of frescoes (died 1656)
- Nicholas Stone, English sculptor and architect (died 1647)
Deaths
- January 25 - Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter and wood-engraver (born 1515)
- May 9 - Luis de Morales, Spanish painter (born 1510)
- date unknown
- Francesco Camilliani, Italian sculptor (born 1530)
- Pedro Campaña, Flemish painter (born 1503)
- Giovanni Battista Maganza, Italian religious painter (born c.1513)
- Matthias Zündt, German engraver (born 1496)