1591 in art

List of years in art (table)
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Events

Antiveduto Grammatica leaves the studio of Giovanni Domenico Angelini to set up as an independent artist.
William Scrots' anamorphic portrait of King Edward VI of England causes a sensation when it is exhibited at Whitehall Palace.

by pupils of Mir Sayyid 'Ali – Bhairava raga, Ragamala, Chunar, Opaque watercolour on paper, Victoria and Albert Museum

January 12 - Jusepe de Ribera, Spanish Tenebrist painter and printmaker (died 1652)
February 8 - Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Guercino)), Italian painter (died 1666)
March 19 - Dirck Hals, Dutch painter of festivals and ballroom scenes (died 1656)
date unknown
- Lucas de Wael, Flemish painter active mainly in Genoa (died 1631)
- Jacques Fouquier, Flemish landscape painter (died 1659)
- Giovanni Antonio Lelli, Italian painter of the Baroque period (died 1640)
- Bartlomiej Strobel, painter (died 1650)
- Cornelis Vroom, Dutch painter (died 1661), known for landscapes and seascapes, son of reverse-named Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom (1566–1640)
probable
- Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech, Dutch painter (died 1624)
- Valentin de Boulogne, French painter (died 1632)

March 17 - Jost Amman, Swiss illustrator (born 1539)
May 3 - Antonio Abondio, Italian sculptor, best known as a medallist and as the pioneer of the coloured wax relief portrait miniature (born 1538)
October 3 - Vincenzo Campi, Italian painter (born 1536)
November 30 (possible date) - Johan Gregor van der Schardt, Dutch-born sculptor working in Denmark (born c.1530/31)
date unknown
- Bernardino Campi, Italian Renaissance painter (born 1522)
- Giovanni Battista Naldini, Italian late-Mannerist painter in Florence (born 1537)
probable - Crispin van den Broeck, Flemish painter (born 1523)