Painter Biagio Betti becomes a monk of the order of the Theatines of San Silvestro al Quirinale, most of his works being found in the monastery of that order in Rome.
Sofonisba Anguissola
Family Portrait: Minerva, Amilcare and Asdrubale Anguissola
Portrait of Bianca Ponzoni Anguissola, the artist's mother (Staatliche Museen, Berlin)
Federico Barocci – Martyrdom of St. Sebastian (Urbino Cathedral)
Giovanni Battista Moroni – Portrait of a Man before the Virgin and Child
Lattanzio Gambara – Apollo
Joan de Joanes – Portrait of Alfonso V, King of Aragon
Tintoretto – Tamar and Judah
Daniele da Volterra – Massacre of the Innocents
June 10 - Leandro Bassano, Venetian artist and younger brother of Francesco Bassano the Younger (died 1622)
August 16 - Agostino Carracci, Italian painter and printmaker (died 1602)
September 16 - Pietro Tacca, Italian sculptor and follower of Giambologna (died 1640)
December 23 - Giovanni Battista Crespi, Italian painter, sculptor and architect (died 1632)
date unknown
Alessandro Capriolo, Italian engraver and printer (died unknown)
probable (born 1557/1560) - Benedetto Bandiera, Italian painter (died 1634)
January 2 - Pontormo, Italian Mannerist painter and portraitist from the Florentine school (born 1494)
January 3 - Giacomo Raibolini, Italian painter (born 1484)
July 16 - Vincenzo degli Azani, Italian painter (date of birth unknown)
October 5 - Francesco Bacchiacca, Florentine Mannerist painter (born 1494)
date unknown
Giovanni del Giglio, Italian painter
Lorenzo Lotto, Italian painter, draughtsman and illustrator (born 1480)
Giacomo Raibolini, Italian painter (born 1484)
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