1581 in art
# 1581 in art

Events from the year 1581 in art.

## Events

* September 19 – Arnold Bronckhorst is appointed first court painter to James VI of Scotland.
* Construction of the Uffizi in Florence as magistrates' offices, designed by Giorgio Vasari and continued by Alfonso Parigi the Elder and Bernardo Buontalenti, is completed.

## Works

* Anonymous – Portrait of Dorothy and Penelope Devereux (approximate date)
* Antonio Campi – The Martyrdom of St. Lawrence (San Paolo Converso, Milan)
* Lavinia Fontana
   * Deposition
   * Noli me tangere
* Nicholas Hilliard – Portrait miniature of Sir Francis Drake

## Births

* October 21 – Domenico Zampieri, Baroque Italian painter (died 1641)
* December 27 - Jean Chalette, French miniature and portrait painter (died 1643)
* date unknown
   * Johan Bara, Dutch painter, designer and engraver (died 1634)
   * Frans Francken the Younger, Flemish painter (died 1642)
   * Cornelis Liefrinck, Dutch painter (died 1652)
   * Abraham Matthijs, Flemish Baroque painter (died 1649)
   * Panfilo Nuvolone, Italian Mannerist painter (died 1651)
   * Carlo Sellitto, Italian Caravaggisti painter (died 1614)
   * Artus Wolffort, Flemish painter (died 1641)
* probable
   * Bernardo Strozzi, Italian painter (died 1644)

## Deaths

* September 19 - Frans Pourbus the Elder, Flemish Renaissance painter primarily of religious and portraits (born 1545)
* date unknown
   * Girolamo Comi, Italian Renaissance painter (born 1507)
