1578 in art

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Events

March 8 - On the death of Elisabeth of Brandenburg-Küstrin, her husband, Margrave George Frederick I of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach commissions a monument by Willem van Bloche.

Thomas Pead by Cornelis Ketel

March 17 – Francesco Albani,^[1] Italian painter (died 1660)
August 10 – Matteo Rosselli,^[2] Italian painter of historical paintings in the late Florentine and early Baroque (died 1650)
October 12 – Baldassare Aloisi,^[3] Italian portrait painter and engraver (died 1638)
date unknown
- Jean-Baptiste Barbé, Flemish engraver (died 1649)
- Battistello Caracciolo,^[4] Italian painter (died 1635)
- Agostino Ciampelli,^[5] Italian fresco painter (died 1640)
- Adam Elsheimer,^[6] German "cabinet" painter (died 1610)
- Fede Galizia,^[7] Italian still life painter (died 1630)
- Ottavio Leoni,^[8] Italian painter and printmaker (died 1630)
- Francisco Lopez Caro, Spanish painter (died 1662)
- Bartolomeo Schedoni,^[9] Italian painter (died 1615)
- Jean Toutin, French enamel worker, one of the first artists to make enamel portrait miniatures (died 1644)
- Alessandro Turchi,^[10] Italian painter (died 1649)
- Hieronymus Francken II,^[11] Flemish painter (d. unknown)
- Francesco Stringa, Italian court painter for Duke Ranuccio I Farnese (died 1615)
probable
- Guy François, French painter (died 1650)
- Iwasa Matabei,^[12] Japanese painter (died 1650)
- Pieter Neeffs I, Flemish Baroque painter who specialized in architectural interiors of churches (died 1656)
- Gerrit van Bloclant, Dutch Renaissance painter (died 1650)

January 5 – Giulio Clovio, Croatian illustrator and miniaturist (born 1498)
February 5 – Giovanni Battista Moroni, Italian Mannerist painter (born 1520/1524)
March 17 - Cornelis Cort, Dutch engraver and draughtsman (born 1533)
August 28 - Giovanni Battista Zelotti, Italian painter (born 1526)
October 13 - Jean Bullant, French sculptor and architect (born 1515)
Date unknown
- Pierre Lamo, Italian history painter
- Bernardino Lanini, Italian Renaissance painter active mainly in Milan (born 1511) (probable date)
- Benedetto Pagni, Italian painter
- Qian Gu, Chinese landscape painter during the Ming Dynasty (born c.1508) (approximate date)
- Raffaellino da Reggio, Italian Mannerist painter (born 1550)

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