Find out more about the greatest 16th Century Artists, including Caravaggio, Sandro Botticelli, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
Leonardo da Vinci15 April 1452, Italian
Polymath
Caravaggio29 September 1571, Italian
Painter
Hieronymus Bosch1450 AD, Dutch
Painter
Peter Paul Rubens28 June 1577, Belgian
Painter & Printmaker
Sandro Botticelli1445 AD, Italian
Painter
Artemisia Gentileschi08 July 1593, Italian
Painter
El Greco01 October 1541, Spanish, Greek
Painter
Hans Holbein the Younger1497 AD, German
Artist
Anthony van Dyck22 March 1599, Belgian
Painter
Giorgio Vasari30 July 1511, Italian
Painter, Architect
Giuseppe Arcimboldo1527 AD, Italian
Painter
Nicolas Poussin15 June 1594, French
French Painter
Tintoretto29 September 1518, Italian
Renaissance Painter
Giovanni Bellini1430 AD, Italian
Renaissance Painter
Annibale Carracci03 November 1560, Italian
Painter
Albrecht Altdorfer1480 AD, German
Artist
Albrecht Durer21 May 1471, German
Painter
Diego Velázquez (Painter)06 June 1599, Spanish
Painter
Francis I of France12 September 1494, French
Painter, Politician
Benvenuto Cellini03 November 1500, Italian
Sculptor, Writer, Medallist, Painter,
Paolo VeroneseItalian
Sofonisba Anguissola1535 AD, Italian
painter, artist, visual artist
Guido Reni04 November 1575, Italian
Painter
Bronzino17 November 1503, Italian
painter
Francisco de Zurbarán07 November 1598, Spanish
Painter
Georges de La Tour13 March 1593, French
Painter
Matthias Grünewald1470 AD, German
Painter
Parmigianino11 January 1503, Italian
Painter, Graphic artist
Jusepe de Ribera12 January 1591, Spanish
Painter
John Lyly1553 AD, British
Writer
Wang Yangming26 October 1472, Chinese
Calligrapher
Antonio da Correggio31 July 1489, Italian
painter
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Giambologna1529 AD, French, Italian
sculptor
Giulio Romano1499 AD, Italian
architect, painter, sculptor
Andrea del Sarto16 July 1486, Italian
Painter
Pietro da Cortona01 November 1596, Italian
Painter, Architect, Artist
Daniele da Volterra1509 AD, Italian
painter, sculptor
Guercino08 February 1591, Italian
Painter
Gentile Bellini1429 AD, Italian
painter, sculptor, medallist
Nicholas Hilliard1547 AD, British
painter
Lavinia Fontana24 August 1552, Italian
Painter
François Clouet1515 AD, French
painter
Sesshū Tōyō1420 AD, Japanese
Visual Artist
Jacopo BassanoItalian
CinquecentoItalian
Orazio Gentileschi09 July 1563, Italian
painter
Il Sodoma1477 AD, Italian
Painter
Hans Baldung1480 AD, German
painter
Hans Holbein the Elder1465 AD, German
painter
Rosso Fiorentino08 March 1494, Italian
Painter, Printmaker
Jacques Callot1592 AD, French
engraver, painter, etcher, graphic artist,
Domenichino31 October 1581, Italian
painter, architect
Hendrik Goltzius31 January 1558, Dutch
painter
Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio1467 AD, Italian
Painter
Jean Clouet1480 AD, French
Painter
Lucas Cranach the Younger04 October 1515, German
Painter
Hans von Aachen1552 AD, German
Painter
Simon Vouet09 January 1590, French
Painter
Juan Sánchez CotánSpanish
Fra BartolomeoItalian
Giovanni BaglioneItalian
Federico Barocci1535 AD, Italian
painter, engraver
Alessandro AlloriItalian
Michael WolgemutGerman
Juan de FlandesSpanish
Pierre LescotFrench
Bartolommeo BandinelliItalian
Alonso BerrugueteSpanish
Luis de MoralesSpanish
Francisco Pacheco03 November 1564, Spanish
Painter
Paris BordoneItalian
Hans BurgkmairGerman
Bernt NotkeGerman
Cristofano AlloriItalian
Francesco Albani17 August 1578, Italian
Painter
Alonso Sánchez CoelloSpanish
John White1540 AD, British
Artist, Painter
Sebald BehamGerman
Georg FlegelGerman
François DuboisFrench
Ambrosius BensonItalian
Domenico di Pace Beccafumi1486 AD, Italian
Painter
Vicente Juan MasipSpanish
Mariotto AlbertinelliItalian
Jan PolackGerman
Trophime BigotFrench
Barthel Bruyn the ElderGerman
Juan Pantoja de la CruzSpanish
Jean BourdichonFrench
Leandro BassanoItalian
Antoine CaronFrench
Francesco BacchiaccaItalian
Hans RottenhammerGerman
Georg PenczGerman
Fernando GallegoSpanish
Jörg Breu the ElderGerman