1587 in art

Events

• Statue of Trajan is replaced, by order of Pope Sixtus V, with the statue of Saint Peter on the Column of Trajan.

Paintings

Francken – Jesus among the Doctors, Cathedral of Our Lady (Antwerp)

• Matteo Perez d'Aleccio - Saint Christopher (Church of San Miguel, Seville)
• Francken – Jesus among the Doctors

Births

• May - Esaias van de Velde, Dutch landscape painter (died 1630)
• December 8 - Martin Ryckaert, Flemish painter (died 1631)
• date unknown
  • Francesco Allegrini da Gubbio, Italian painter of the Baroque period (died 1663)
  • Matteo Ingoli, Italian painter of the early-Baroque period (died 1631)
  • Claes Jansz. Visscher, Dutch genre painter (died 1652)
• probable
  • George Jamesone, Scottish portrait painter (died 1644)
  • Filippo Napoletano, Italian artist of diverse paintings of exotic soldiers, skeletons of animals, or cityscapes (died 1629
  • Bartolomé Román, Spanish Baroque painter known for his series of archangels (died 1647)
  • Giovanni Battista Vanni, Italian painter and engraver (died 1660)

Deaths

• September 25 - Giovanni Battista Fontana, Italian painter and engraver (born 1524)
• date unknown
  • Giovanni Anastasi, Italian painter (born 1540)
  • Lazzaro Calvi, Italian painter who frequently collaborated with his brother (born 1512)
  • Antonio Campi, Italian painter (born 1522)
  • Annibale Fontana, Italian sculptor and medallist (born 1540)
  • Giovanni Battista della Marca, Italian painter (born 1532)
  • Plautilla Nelli, Italian painter (born 1523)
  • Lelio Orsi, Italian Renaissance painter of the Reggio Emilia school (born 1511)
  • Juan Valverde de Amusco, Italian anatomist and engraver (born 1525)
• probable - Caterina van Hemessen, Flemish Renaissance painter (b. 1528)