1557 in art
# 1557 in art

Events from the year 1557 in art.

## Events

* 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.

## Works

* 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

## Births

* 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)

## Deaths

* 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)
