Events

• In China, the Jiajing era (1522–1566) has ended.

Paintings

• Federico Barocci – Madonna di San Simone (Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino)
• Pieter Bruegel the Elder
  • The Adoration of the Magi
  • The Massacre of the Innocents (1566-7)
  • The Peasant Wedding
• Gian Paolo Lomazzo – Allegory of the Lenten Feast (for San Agostino, Piacenza)
• Titian – Self-portrait (approximate date)
• Giorgio Vasari – Self-portrait (approximate date)

Births

• 1 May - Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt, Dutch painter (died 1641) ^[1]
• 24 September - Martin Fréminet, French painter and engraver (died 1619)
• date unknown
  • Nicolas Cordier, French sculptor, painter and printmaker (died 1612)
  • Giovanni Giacomo Pandolfi, Italian painter who worked in his native Pesaro (died 1636)
• 1567/1576: Abraham Janssens, Flemish painter (died 1632)

Deaths

• 17 September - Pier Francesco d'Jacopo di Domenico Toschi, Italian painter of primarily religious works (born unknown)
• date unknown
  • Lambert Barnard, English Renaissance painter (born 1485)
  • Pier Francesco Foschi, Italian painter active in Florence in a Mannerist style (born 1502)
  • Dirck Jacobsz, Dutch Renaissance painter (born 1496)
  • Antonio Labacco, architect, engraver, and writer (born 1495)
  • Ligier Richier, French sculptor (born 1500)
  • Jakob Seisenegger, Austrian portrait painter used by Charles V (born 1505)
  • Enea Vico, Italian engraver (born 1523)

References