1589 in art
# 1589 in art

Events from the year 1589 in art.

## Events

* Painter, sculptor and architect Willem Boy takes a leading role in the construction of the fortifications at Vaxholm, Sweden.

## Paintings

* Anonymous - Portrait of Sir Christopher Hatton
* Annibale Carracci - Two Children Teasing a Cat (approximate date)
* Hieronimo Custodis
   * Elizabeth Brydges
   * Giles Brydges, 3rd Baron Chandos
* Cornelis van Haarlem - The First Family (approximate date)
* Lavinia Fontana - Holy Family (El Escorial)
* Quentin Matsys - Vision of the Prophet Ezekiel (approximate date)
* Kaspar Memberger
   * Virgin and Child
   * Wolf-Dietrich von Raitenau, prince-archbishop of Salzburg
* Tintoretto - Portrait of Nicolaus Padavinus
* Jacopo Zucchi - Amor and Psyche

## Births

* July 16 - Sinibaldo Scorza, Italian painter, draughtsman and etcher (died 1631)
* August 12 - Domenico Fiasella, Italian painter of primarily frescoes (died 1669)
* date unknown
   * Johannes van der Beeck, Dutch painter (died 1644)
   * Adriaen van de Venne, Dutch Baroque painter of allegories, genre subjects and portraits (died 1662)
   * Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri - Italian painter and Caravaggisti (died 1655)
   * Kanō Sansetsu, Japanese painter (died 1651)
   * Bernardino Capitelli, Italian painter and etcher of the Baroque period (died 1639)
* probable
   * Domenico Fetti, Italian painter (died 1624)
   * Sebastian Furck, German engraver (died 1666)
   * Hercules Seghers, Dutch painter and printmaker of the Dutch Golden Age (died 1638)

## Deaths

* date unknown
   * Quentin Metsys the Younger, Flemish painter (born 1543)
   * Cornelis Molenaer, Flemish painter (born 1540)
   * Heo Nanseolheon, Korean poet and painter (born 1563)
   * Sesson Shukei, Japanese Zen monk and painter of the Muromachi period (born 1504)
* probable - Bernard Palissy, French potter and craftsman (born 1510)
