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
Giuseppe Arcimboldo1527 AD, Italian
Painter
Anthony van Dyck22 March 1599, Belgian
Painter
Giorgio Vasari30 July 1511, Italian
Painter, Architect
Tintoretto29 September 1518, Italian
Renaissance Painter
Nicolas Poussin15 June 1594, French
French 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
Matthias GrünewaldGerman
Bronzino17 November 1503, Italian
painter
Antonio da Correggio31 July 1489, Italian
painter
Georges de La Tour13 March 1593, French
Painter
Francisco de Zurbarán07 November 1598, Spanish
Painter
Giambologna1529 AD, French, Italian
sculptor
Parmigianino11 January 1503, Italian
Painter, Graphic artist
Jusepe de Ribera12 January 1591, Spanish
Painter
Andrea del Sarto16 July 1486, Italian
Painter
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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
Giulio Romano1499 AD, Italian
architect, painter, sculptor
Pietro da Cortona01 November 1596, Italian
Painter, Architect, Artist
Jacopo BassanoItalian
CinquecentoItalian
Orazio Gentileschi09 July 1563, 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 BoltraffioItalian
Jean ClouetFrench
Lucas Cranach the YoungerGerman
Hans von AachenGerman
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 PachecoSpanish
Paris BordoneItalian
Hans BurgkmairGerman
Bernt NotkeGerman
John White1540 AD, British
Artist, Painter
Cristofano AlloriItalian
Francesco AlbaniItalian
Alonso Sánchez CoelloSpanish
Sebald BehamGerman
Georg FlegelGerman
François DuboisFrench
Ambrosius BensonItalian
Domenico di Pace BeccafumiItalian
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
Giuliano BugiardiniItalian
Orazio BorgianniItalian
Willem Claeszoon Heda14 December 1594, Dutch
Francisco LópezSpanish