1541 in art
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Events from the year 1541 in art.
Events
[edit]- Michelangelo completes his fresco The Last Judgment on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City.[1]
- Cardinal Alexander writes to Bishop Marco Vigerio discussing frescoes to be done by Michelangelo for the Cappella Paolina.
Works
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- Battista Franco Veneziano paints fresco of the Arrest of John the Baptist for the Oratory of San Giovanni Decollato[2]
- Pietro Negroni paints Adoration of Magi[3]
- Titian – The Marquis of Vasto addressing his troops[4]
- Antoine Caron – Dionysius Areopagite and the Eclipse of Sun(image)[5]
Births
[edit]date unknown
- El Greco (or Domenikos Theotokopoulos), painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance (died 1614)
- Aert Mijtens, Flemish Renaissance painter (died 1602)
- Yi Chong, Korean painter (died 1622)
Deaths
[edit]- January 6 - Bernard van Orley, Flemish Northern Renaissance painter and draughtsman (born 1487-1491)
- August - Valentin Bousch, glass painter (born 1490)
- date unknown
- Jean Clouet, miniaturist and painter who worked in France during the Renaissance (born 1480)
- Gerard Horenbout, Flemish miniaturist (born 1465)
- Stanisław Samostrzelnik, Polish Renaissance painter and Cistercian monk (born 1490)
References
[edit]- ↑ "Michelangelo frescoed the ceiling and the Last Judgment". www.thesistinechapel.org. Retrieved 2026-05-27.
- ↑ "Battista Franco :: Biography ► Virtual Uffizi". Virtual Uffizi Gallery. Retrieved 2026-05-27.
- ↑ "Attributed to Pietro Negroni (1503-1565) - The Adoration of the Magi". www.rct.uk. Retrieved 2026-05-27.
- ↑ "The Allocution of Marquis del Vasto to his Troops - The Collection - Museo Nacional del Prado". www.museodelprado.es. Retrieved 2026-05-27.
- ↑ "Dionysius the Areopagite Converting the Pagan Philosophers (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)". The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection. Retrieved 2026-05-27.