1545 in art

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Works

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  da Volterra, Descent from the Cross

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  Bronzino, Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time

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  Michelangelo, The Conversion of Saul

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  Bronzino, Eleanor of Toledo with her son Giovanni

Paintings

• Bronzino
  • Eleanor of Toledo with her son Giovanni de' Medici
  • Portrait of Cosimo I de' Medici
  • Portrait of Giovanni de' Medici as a Child
  • Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time
• Lucas Cranach the Younger – The Conversion of St. Paul
• Michelangelo – The Conversion of Saul
• Titian – some dates approximate
  • Portrait of a Young Englishman
  • Portrait of Lavinia Vecellio
  • Portrait of Pietro Aretino
  • Portrait of Pope Paul III
• Daniele da Volterra – Descent from the Cross

Sculpture

• (approx. date) – Hans Gieng of Fribourg completes work on the fountains of Bern in Switzerland.

Births

• Farrukh Beg – Mughal painter who served in the court of Muhammad Hakim (died 1615)
• Francesco da Urbino – Italian painter (died 1582)
• Juan Zarinena
• Hans Collaert – Flemish engraver and draughtsman (died 1628)
• Frans Pourbus the Elder – Flemish Renaissance painter primarily of religious and portraits (died 1581)
• Marco Vecellio – Italian painter, nephew of Titian (died 1611)

Deaths

• Rueland Frueauf the younger
• Alejo Fernandez – Spanish painter of the 16th century (born 1475)
• Hans Baldung – German Renaissance artist as painter and printmaker in woodcut (born 1480)
• Jan Steven van Calcar – Flemish painter and a pupil of Titian (born 1499)
• Wang E – Chinese landscape painter (born 1465)