September 10 - Italian painter Girolamo da Treviso is killed by cannon shot at the First Siege of Boulogne while working as a military engineer for Henry VIII of England.
Luca Cambiaso – Hercules
Lucas Cranach the Younger – Hunt in Honour of Charles V at the Castle of Torgau
Master John – Lady Mary, daughter to... King Henry the Eighth
January 24 - Gillis van Coninxloo, Dutch painter of forest landscapes (died 1607)
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Jacopo Bertoia, Italian painter of a late-Renaissance or Mannerist style (died 1574)
Giovanni Guerra, Italian draughtsman and painter (died 1618)
Ambrosius Francken I, Flemish painter (died 1616)
Jan de Hoey, Dutch painter (died 1615)
Francesco Morandini, Italian painter active in Florence (died 1597)
Joos van Winghe, Flemish painter (died 1603)
September 10 - Girolamo da Treviso, Italian painter (born 1508)
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Chén Chún, Chinese artist specializing in "ink and wash" paintings (born 1483)
Vincenzo Civerchio, Italian painter of the Renaissance (born 1470)
Chen Daofu, Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet during the Ming Dynasty (born 1480)
Jost de Negker, Dutch woodcut-maker, printer and publisher (born 1485)
Lucas Horenbout, Flemish artist and court miniaturist to King Henry VIII of England (born 1490/1495)
Alessandro Oliverio, Italian painter (born 1500)
Giovanni Antonio Sogliani, Italian painter (born 1492)
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