title: 1587 in art
text: # 1587 in art
  
  Events from the year 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)
  * Francken – Jesus among the Doctors
  
  ## Births
  
  * April 26 (baptized) - Abraham van der Haagen, Dutch painter (died 1639)
  * May - Esaias van de Velde, Dutch landscape painter (died 1630)
  * December 8 (bapt.) - Martin Ryckaert, Flemish landscape painter (died 1631)
  * date unknown
     * Francesco Allegrini da Gubbio, Italian painter of the Baroque period (died 1663)
     * Matteo Ingoli, Italian painter of the early-Baroque period (died 1631)
     * Claes Jansz. Visscher, Dutch genre painter (died 1652)
  * probable
     * George Jamesone, Scottish portrait painter (died 1644)
     * Filippo Napoletano, Italian artist of diverse paintings of exotic soldiers, skeletons of animals, or cityscapes (died 1629
     * Bartolomé Román, Spanish Baroque painter known for his series of archangels (died 1647)
     * Giovanni Battista Vanni, Italian painter and engraver (died 1660)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * May 3 - Lelio Orsi, Italian Renaissance painter of the Reggio Emilia school (born 1511)
  * September 25 - Giovanni Battista Fontana, Italian painter and engraver (born 1524)
  * date unknown
     * Giovanni Anastasi, Italian painter (born 1540)
     * Lazzaro Calvi, Italian painter who frequently collaborated with his brother (born 1512)
     * Antonio Campi, Italian painter (born 1522)
     * Annibale Fontana, Italian sculptor and medallist (born 1540)
     * Giovanni Battista della Marca, Italian painter (born 1532)
     * Plautilla Nelli, Italian painter (born 1523)
     * Juan Valverde de Amusco, Italian anatomist and engraver (born 1525)
  * probable - Caterina van Hemessen, Flemish Renaissance painter (b. 1528)
  