1587 in art

Events

• Statue of Trajan is replaced, by order of Pope Sixtus V, with the statue of Saint Peter on the Column of Trajan.

Paintings

• Matteo Perez d'Aleccio - Saint Christopher (Church of San Miguel, Seville)

Births

• May - Esaias van de Velde, Dutch landscape painter (d. 1630)
• date unknown
  • Francesco Allegrini da Gubbio, Italian painter of the Baroque period (d. 1663)
  • Matteo Ingoli, Italian painter of the early-Baroque period (d. 1631)
  • Claes Jansz. Visscher, Dutch genre painter (d. 1652)
• probable
  • George Jamesone, Scottish portrait painter (d. 1644)
  • Filippo Napoletano, Italian artist of diverse paintings of exotic soldiers, skeletons of animals, or cityscapes (d. 1629,

Deaths

• September 25 - Giovanni Battista Fontana, Italian painter and engraver (b. 1524)
• date unknown
  • Giovanni Anastasi, Italian painter (b. 1540)
  • Lazzaro Calvi, Italian painter who frequently collaborated with his brother (b. 1512)
  • Antonio Campi, Italian painter (b. c.1522)
  • Annibale Fontana, Italian sculptor and medallist (b. 1540)
  • Giovanni Battista della Marca, Italian painter (b. 1532)
  • Plautilla Nelli, Italian painter (b. 1523)
  • Lelio Orsi, Italian Renaissance painter of the Reggio Emilia school (b. 1511)
• probable - Caterina van Hemessen, Flemish Renaissance painter (b. 1528)