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Overview of the events of 1540 in art
Hans Holbein the Younger's Portrait of Henry VIII was completed in 1540
Events from the year 1540 in art.
Works
'Südindischer Meister', Group of Women, 1540
Qiu Ying, The
Imperial examinations, 1540
Births
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December 21 -
Thomas Schweicker, disabled German painter and calligrapher (died
1602)
- date unknown
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Robert Adams, English architect, engraver and surveyor of buildings to
Queen Elizabeth (died
1595)
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Giovanni Anastasi, Italian painter (died
1587)
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Andrea Andreani, Italian wood engraver and early exponent of chiaroscuro (died
1623)
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Giovanni Maria Butteri, Italian fresco painter (died
1606)
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Denis Calvaert, Flemish painter (died
1619)
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Cristoforo Coriolano, German engraver of the Renaissance (died unknown)
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Cristóbal de Acevedo, Spanish painter, active mainly during the Renaissance period (died unknown)
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Annibale Fontana, Italian sculptor and medallist (died
1587)
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Hieronymus Francken I, Flemish painter (died
1610)
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Pieter Pietersz the Elder, Dutch painter (died
1603)
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Friedrich Sustris, Italian-born Dutch painter working in Bavaria (died
1599)
- probable
Deaths