Events
* The plan for the new St. Peter's Basilica dome, begun by Bramante, is continued by the new chief architect, Michelangelo. * The Farnese Hercules is removed from the Baths of Caracalla by Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (cardinal), Cardinal Alessandro Farnese to the Palazzo Farnese in Rome.Chronicled by Ulisse Aldrovandi (1556).Works
Paintings
* Domenico Beccafumi – ''Pagan Child Couple'' * Jacopo Bassano – ''The Adoration of the Shepherds'' * Girolamo Siciolante da Sermoneta – ''Holy Family with Saint Michael'' * Lorenzo Lotto – ''San Giacomo dell'Orio Altarpiece'' * William Scrots ** Anamorphic :File:Anamorphic portrait of Edward VI by William Scrots.jpg, portrait of Edward, Prince of Wales ** '':File:Henry Howard Earl of Surrey 1546.jpg, Henry Howard Earl of Surrey'' (attributed) ** '': Elizabeth as a princess * Titian – ''Pope Paul III and his Grandsons''Births
*March 21 - Bartholomeus Spranger, Flemish Northern Mannerist painter, draughtsman, and etcher (died 1611 in art, 1611)Deaths
*January 4 - Camillo Boccaccino, Italian painter active mainly in Cremona and regions of Lombardy (born 1511 in art, 1511) *January 11 - Gaudenzio Ferrari, Italian painter and sculpture, sculptor of the Renaissance (born 1471 in art, 1471) *August 1 - Peter Faber (or Pierre Favre), France, French Jesuit painter and sculptor (born 1506 in art, 1506) *October 23 - Peter Flötner, German designer, sculptor, and printmaker (born 1490 in art, 1490) *November 1 - Giulio Romano, Italian painter and Architecture, architect (born 1499 in art, 1499) *''date unknown'' **Valerio Belli, Italian engraver and medallion maker (born 1470 in art, 1470) **Jan van Calcar, Netherlands-born Italian painter, pupil of Titian (born 1499 in art, 1499) **Bartolomeo Veneto - Italian portrait painter (born 1502 in art, 1502) *''probable'' - Marinus van Reymerswaele, Dutch people, Dutch Renaissance Painting, painter (born 1490 in art, 1490References
{{reflist 1546 in art, Years of the 16th century in art