1541 in art

Overview of the events of 1541 in art

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Events from the year 1541 in art.

## Events

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* Michelangelo completes his fresco The Last Judgment on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City.
* Cardinal Alexander writes to Bishop Marco Vigerio discussing frescoes to be done by Michelangelo for the Cappella Paolina.

## Works

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Titian – The Marquis of Vasto addressing his troops, Museo del Prado

* Battista Franco Veneziano paints fresco of the Arrest of John the Baptist for the Oratory of San Giovanni Decollato
* Pietro Negroni paints Adoration of Magi
* Titian – The Marquis of Vasto addressing his troops
* Antoine Caron – Dionysius Areopagite and the Eclipse of Sun(image)

## Births

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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

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* 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)