Sculptor Hans Vischer, the last of the Vischer Family of Nuremberg, leaves the city.
Bartolommeo Bandinelli - God the Father (statue), in the cloister of Santa Croce, Florence
Bronzino – Portrait of Giovanni de' Medici
Tintoretto – St. Roch in the Hospital
September 1 - Cesare Aretusi, Italian painter (died 1612)
date unknown - Giovanni Contarini, Venetian painter (died 1605)
probable (born 1549/1551) - Giovanni Ambrogio Figino, Italian painter (died 1608)
February 14 - Il Sodoma, Italian Mannerist painter (born 1477)
March - Aelbrecht Bouts, Dutch painter
date unknown - Jean Juste, Italian sculptor (born 1485)
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