1562 in art

Events

* In Venice, sumptuary laws in 1562 decreed that all gondolas must be painted black to prevent lavish displays of wealth.
* Vasari, who had erected the Uffizi Gallery in 1560, founded the Academy of Design in 1562.
* Paolo Veronese (1528-1588) begins painting "The Wedding at Cana" (1562-1563).
* The Medici court astronomer Fra Ignazio Danti paints maps at the Palazzo Vecchio.
* Tintoretto begins the three paintings of the miracles of St. Mark (1562-66), for the Scuola di San Marco.

Paintings

* Pieter Brueghel the Elder paints "The Triumph of Death" (oil on panel) 117 x 162 cm (46 x 63.8 in).
* Lattanzio Gambara paints frescoes in
* Titian paints "Death Of Actaeon".
* Titian paints "The Rape of Europa" (Boston museum).
* Ludger tom Ring the Younger paints a pair of upright pictures of iris and lilies.

Births

* Domenico Robusti, painter (d. 1637)
* Cornelis van Haarlem - Dutch painter and draughtsman, was one of the leading Mannerist artists in The Netherlands (d. 1638)
* Jerónimo Rodriguez de Espinosa - Spanish painter of the Renaissance period (d. 1630)
* Pietro Faccini - Italian painter in styles bridging Mannerism and the nascent Baroque (d. 1602/1614)

Deaths

* Jan van Scorel - Dutch painter credited with the introduction of High Italian Renaissance art to the Netherlands (b. 1495)
* Jean Duvet - French Renaissance goldsmith and engraver (b. 1485)
* Pierre Bontemps - French sculptor known for his funeral monuments during the French Renaissance (b. 1507)
* Virgil Solis - German draughtsman and printmaker in engraving, etching and woodcut (b. 1514)