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
Michelangelo06 March 1475, Italian
Sculptor
Hieronymus Bosch1450 AD, Dutch
Painter
Caravaggio29 September 1571, Italian
Painter
Artemisia Gentileschi08 July 1593, Italian
Painter
Sandro Botticelli1445 AD, Italian
Painter
Peter Paul Rubens28 June 1577, Belgian
Painter & Printmaker
El Greco01 October 1541, Spanish, Greek
Painter
Hans Holbein the Younger1497 AD, German
Artist
Anthony van Dyck22 March 1599, Belgian
Painter
Giuseppe Arcimboldo1527 AD, Italian
Painter
Giorgio Vasari30 July 1511, Italian
Painter, Architect
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
Benvenuto Cellini03 November 1500, Italian
Sculptor, Writer, Medallist, Painter,
Sofonisba Anguissola1535 AD, Italian
painter, artist, visual artist
Paolo VeroneseItalian
Guido Reni04 November 1575, Italian
Painter
Matthias Grünewald1470 AD, German
Painter
Georges de La Tour13 March 1593, French
Painter
Bronzino17 November 1503, Italian
Painter
Francisco de Zurbarán07 November 1598, Spanish
Painter
Antonio da Correggio30 August 1489, Italian
Painter
John Lyly1553 AD, British
Writer
Parmigianino11 January 1503, Italian
Painter, Graphic artist
Gentile Bellini1429 AD, Italian
painter, sculptor, medallist
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Giambologna1529 AD, French, Italian
sculptor
Wang Yangming26 October 1472, Chinese
Calligrapher
Andrea del Sarto16 July 1486, Italian
Painter
Hendrick ter Brugghen1588 AD, Dutch
Painter
Lavinia Fontana24 August 1552, Italian
Painter
CinquecentoItalian
Hans von Aachen1552 AD, German
Painter
Giulio Romano1499 AD, Italian
architect, painter, sculptor
Nicholas Hilliard1547 AD, British
painter
Pietro da Cortona01 November 1596, Italian
Painter, Architect, Artist
Hans Holbein the Elder1465 AD, German
painter
Orazio Gentileschi09 July 1563, Italian
painter
Hans Baldung1480 AD, German
painter
Sesshū Tōyō1420 AD, Japanese
Visual Artist
Il Sodoma1477 AD, Italian
Painter
François Clouet1515 AD, French
painter
Jacques Callot1592 AD, French
engraver, painter, etcher, graphic artist,
Agostino Carracci16 August 1557, Italian
Painter
Daniele da Volterra1509 AD, Italian
painter, sculptor
Domenichino31 October 1581, Italian
painter, architect
Juan Sánchez CotánSpanish
Joachim Patinir1480 AD, Belgian
Painter
Giovanni BaglioneItalian
Simon Vouet09 January 1590, French
Painter
Rosso Fiorentino08 March 1494, Italian
Painter, Printmaker
Gerard David1460 AD, Dutch
Painter
Lucas Cranach the Younger04 October 1515, German
Painter
Frans Snyders11 November 1579, Belgian
Painter
Fra BartolomeoItalian
Sebastian Münster20 January 1488, German
Cartographer
Jacopo BassanoItalian
Jean Clouet1480 AD, French
Painter
Dosso Dossi1489 AD, Italian
Artist
Adam Elsheimer18 March 1578, German
Artist
Alessandro AlloriItalian
Jan van Goyen13 January 1596, Dutch
Painter
Michael Wolgemut1434 AD, German
Painter
Federico Zuccari1539 AD, Italian
Painter
Federico Barocci1535 AD, Italian
painter, engraver
Francisco Pacheco03 November 1564, Spanish
Painter
Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio1467 AD, Italian
Painter
Juan de FlandesSpanish
Alonso Sánchez CoelloSpanish
Karel van Mander30 April 1548, Belgian, Dutch
Painter
Bernardo Buontalenti15 December 1531, Italian
Designer
Cristofano AlloriItalian
Francesco Albani17 August 1578, Italian
Painter
Palma Vecchio1480 AD, Italian
Painter
Hans BurgkmairGerman
Xu Wei1521 AD, Chinese
Chinese painter
Bernt NotkeGerman
Abraham Bloemaert25 December 1566, Dutch
Painter
Giovanni Lanfranco26 January 1582, Italian
Painter
Sebald BehamGerman
Kanō Eitoku16 February 1543, Japanese
Painter
Isaac Oliver1565 AD, French
Painter
Christophe Plantin1520 AD, French
Printer
Bartolommeo BandinelliItalian
Cima da Conegliano1459 AD, Italian
Painter
Alessandro Algardi1598 AD, Italian
Sculptor
Vicente Juan MasipSpanish
Paris BordoneItalian
Chen Hongshou1598 AD, Chinese
Artist