Events from the year 1572 in art.

Events

Works

* Giuseppe Arcimboldo – ''Summer'' * Federico Barocci �
Portrait of Francisco II della Rovere
( Uffizi) * Lucas de Heere (attributed) – '' The Family of Henry VIII, an Allegory of the Tudor Succession'' (approximate date) * Nicholas Hilliard -

Portrait miniature A portrait miniature is a miniature portrait painting, usually executed in gouache, watercolor, or enamel. Portrait miniatures developed out of the techniques of the miniatures in illuminated manuscripts, and were popular among 16th-century eli ...

and (approximate date) Pelican Portrait of Elizabeth I of England *

Paolo Veronese Paolo Caliari (152819 April 1588), known as Paolo Veronese ( , also , ), was an Italian Renaissance painter based in Venice, known for extremely large history paintings of religion and mythology, such as ''The Wedding at Cana'' (1563) and ''The ...

** '' Allegory of the Battle of Lepanto'' (approximate date) ** ''Feast of St Gregory the Great''

Births

*''date unknown'' ** Jan Antonisz van Ravesteyn, painter of the Dutch court in The Hague (died

1657 Events January–March * January 8 – Miles Sindercombe and his group of disaffected Levellers are betrayed, in their attempt to assassinate Oliver Cromwell, by blowing up the Palace of Whitehall in London, and arrested. * Febru ...

) **

Fabrizio Boschi Fabrizio Boschi (1572–1642) was an Italian painter of the early-Baroque period, active in Florence. He is said to have been a pupil of Domenico Passignano. In 1615, Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger asked Boschi to paint ''Michelangelo pres ...

, Italian painter of the early-

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period, active in Florence (died

1642 Events January–March * January 4 – First English Civil War: Charles I attempts to arrest six leading members of the Long Parliament, but they escape. * February 5 – The Bishops Exclusion Act is passed in England ...

) **

Barend van Someren Barend van Someren (1572–1632) was a Flemish painter and printmaker who after training and working in Antwerp, worked a few years in Rome and finally took up residence in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic. He is reported to have painted hist ...

, Dutch Golden Age painter (died

1632 Events January–March * January – The Holland's Leguer, a brothel in London, is closed after having been besieged for a month. * February 22 – Galileo's ''Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems'' is pub ...

) *''probable'' **

Giovanni Bernardino Azzolini Giovanni Bernardino Azzolini (c. 1572 – 12 December 1645) was an Italian painter and sculptor who continued painting in a late-Mannerist style, mainly active in Naples and Genoa. He is also known by Azzolino or Mazzolini or Asoleni. Life and w ...

or Mazzolini or Asoleni, Italian painter (died

1645 Events January–March * January 3 – The Long Parliament adopts the ''Directory for Public Worship'' in England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, replacing the Book of Common Prayer (1559). Holy Days (other than Sundays) are not ...

)

Deaths

March 5 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death. * 1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern ...

Giulio Campi Giulio Campi (1502 – 5 March 1572) was an Italian painter and architect. His brothers Vincenzo Campi and Antonio Campi were also renowned painters. Biography The eldest of a family prominent painters, Campi was born at Cremona. His father Ga ...

, Italian painter and architect (born

1500 Year 1500 (Roman numerals, MD) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. The year 1500 was not a leap year in the Proleptic Gregorian calendar. The year was seen as being especially important by many Christians in Europe, ...

) * November 23 – Agnolo di Cosimo, Italian artist and poet (born

1503 __NOTOC__ Year 1503 ( MDIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 20 – Seville in Castile is awarded exclusive rights to trade wit ...

) * December 22 - François Clouet, French Renaissance miniaturist and painter (born

1510 Year 1510 ( MDX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January – Catherine of Aragon gives birth to her first child, a stillborn daughter. * ...

) *''date unknown'' ** Mir Sayyid Ali, Persian illustrator and painter (born

) **

Mirabello Cavalori Mirabello Cavalori (1535–1572) was an Italian painter of Mannerist style, active mainly in Florence. Cavalori was born in Salincorno, near Montefortino. He was a contemporary of Maso da San Friano and younger than Vasari. The latter painter ...

, Italian painter mainly active in Florence (born

1520 __NOTOC__ Year 1520 ( MDXX) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 19 – King Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes, at ...

) ** Danese Cattaneo – Italian sculptor (born

1509 __NOTOC__ Year 1509 ( MDIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 21 – The Portuguese first arrive at the Seven Islands of Bombay and ...

) *''probable'' - Jean Goujon,

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sculptor and architect during the French Renaissance (born c.1510) Years of the 16th century in art {{Art-hist-stub