1562 in art
overview of the events of 1562 in art
Events from the year 1562 in art.
Events
In Venice, sumptuary laws decree that all gondolas must be painted black to prevent lavish displays of wealth.
Giorgio Vasari, who had begun work on the Uffizi in Florence in 1560, founds the Academy of Design.
Paolo Veronese begins painting The Wedding at Cana (1562-1563).
The Medici court astronomer Fra Ignazio Danti paints maps at the Palazzo Vecchio.
Tintoretto begins the three paintings of the miracles of St. Mark (1562–66) for the Scuola di San Marco.
Flemish artist Hieronymus Cock and Spanish cartographer Diego Gutiérrez produce the map Americae Sive Quartae Orbis Partis Nova Et Exactissima Descriptio.
Paintings
Pieter Brueghel the Elder paints The Triumph of Death and Dull Gret, both strongly influenced by the style of Hieronymus Bosch.
Frans Floris paints The Sacrifice of Jesus Christ, Son of God, Gathering and Protecting Mankind (Allegory of the Trinity).
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