1579 in art

Overview of the events of 1579 in art

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Events from the year 1579 in art.

## Events

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* The painter Giovanni Battista Paggi is said to have mortally wounded a patron, and is forced to flee his home city of Genoa.
* The Da Zhao Temple is built in inner Mongolia. Its art treasures include a 10 ft silver Sakyamuni buddha statue.

## Works

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George Gower, Self-portrait (1579)

* Federico Barocci paints the Madonna del Popolo (Uffizi).
* El Greco completes The Disrobing of Christ.
* Giambologna begins the Rape of the Sabine Women, a remarkable example of Mannerist sculpture.
* George Gower paints a self-portrait.
* Plimpton Sieve Portrait of Queen Elizabeth

## Births

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* November 7 \- Juan de Peñalosa, Spanish painter of altarpieces, a priest and poet (died 1633)
* November 11 \- Frans Snyders, Flemish still-life master, apprenticed in 1593 to Pieter II Brueghel (died 1657)
* date unknown
* Trophime Bigot, French painter (died 1649)
* Carlo Saraceni, Italian early-Baroque painter of landscapes, cabinet paintings, and altarpieces (died 1620)
* probable \- Ottavio Viviani, Italian painter of quadratura (died 1641)

## Deaths

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* February 5 \- Giovanni Battista Moroni, Italian portrait painter (born 1520/1524)
* March 28 \- Juan Fernández Navarrete, Spanish Mannerist painter (born 1526)
* October 15 \- Marcello Venusti, Italian Mannerist painter primarily in Rome (born 1512/1515)
* October 24 \- Albert V, Duke of Bavaria, art patron and collector (born 1528)
* November 21 \- Cipriano Piccolpasso, Italian painter of majolica (born 1524)
* December 21 – Juan Vicente Macip (or Vicente Joanes Masip), Spanish painter of the Renaissance period (born 1507)
* date unknown
* Giovanni Bernardo Lama, Italian painter (born 1508)
* Andrew Mansioun, French woodcarver and engraver at the court of King James V of Scotland (date of birth unknown)
* Filippo Negroli, Italian armourer (born c.1510)

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