1588 in art

Events from the year 1588 in art.

Events[]

• Opificio delle pietre dure established in Florence.
• Cornelis van Haarlem starts working on The Fall of the Titans

Paintings[]

Hilliard – Young Man Among Roses

• Annibale Carracci – approximate date
  • Landscape with a Fishing Scene (Musée du Louvre)
  • Venus with a Satyr and Cupids (Uffizi)
• Hendrik Goltzius – The Four Disgracers (engravings)
• George Gower – Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I of England
• Cornelis van Haarlem - Baptism of Christ
• Nicholas Hilliard – Young Man Among Roses
• Kaspar Memberger the Elder – Building of the Ark
• Hans von Aachen – The Judgement of Paris (approximate date)

Births[]

• January 10 – Nicolaes Eliaszoon Pickenoy, Dutch painter of Flemish origin (died 1653/1656)
• January 20 – Francesco Gessi, Italian painter of frescoes (died 1649)
• September 10 (bapt.) – Nicholas Lanier, English composer, singer, lutenist, painter and art collector (died 1666)
• date unknown
  • Claude Deruet, French Baroque painter (died 1660)
  • Giuseppe Badaracco, Italian painter of the Baroque period (died 1657)
  • Marco Antonio Bassetti, Italian painter (died 1630)
  • Ilario Casolano, Italian painter of the Baroque period (died 1661)
  • Hendrick ter Brugghen, Dutch painter, and a leading member of the Dutch followers of Caravaggio (died 1629)
  • Jan Sadeler II, Flemish engraver of the Sadeler family (died 1665)
  • Cristóbal Vela, Spanish Baroque painter and gilder (died 1654)

Deaths[]

• March 9 – Pomponio Amalteo, Italian painter of the Venetian school (born 1505)
• April 19 – Paolo Veronese, Italian painter of the Renaissance in Venice (born 1528)
• August 8 – Alonso Sánchez Coello, portrait painter of the Spanish Renaissance (born 1531/1532)
• date unknown
  • Marco Marchetti, Italian painter (born 1528)
  • Jacques le Moyne de Morgues, French artist and member of Jean Ribault's expedition to the New World (born 1533)
  • Plautilla Nelli, Florentine religious painter and nun (born 1524)
  • Jacopo Strada, Italian painter, architect, goldsmith, inventor of machines, numismatist, linguist, collector and merchant of works of art (born 1507)