title: 1557 in art
text: # 1557 in art
  
  Events from the year 1557 in art.
  
  ## Events
  
  * Painter Biagio Betti becomes a monk of the order of the Theatines of San Silvestro al Quirinale, most of his works being found in the monastery of that order in Rome.
  
  ## Works
  
  * Sofonisba Anguissola
     * Family Portrait: Minerva, Amilcare and Asdrubale Anguissola
     * Portrait of Bianca Ponzoni Anguissola, the artist's mother (Staatliche Museen, Berlin)
  * Federico Barocci – Martyrdom of St. Sebastian (Urbino Cathedral)
  * Giovanni Battista Moroni – Portrait of a Man before the Virgin and Child
  * Lattanzio Gambara – Apollo
  * Joan de Joanes – Portrait of Alfonso V, King of Aragon
  * Tintoretto – Tamar and Judah
  * Daniele da Volterra – Massacre of the Innocents
  
  ## Births
  
  * June 10 - Leandro Bassano, Venetian artist and younger brother of Francesco Bassano the Younger (died 1622)
  * August 16 - Agostino Carracci, Italian painter and printmaker (died 1602)
  * September 16 - Pietro Tacca, Italian sculptor and follower of Giambologna (died 1640)
  * December 23 - Giovanni Battista Crespi, Italian painter, sculptor and architect (died 1632)
  * date unknown
     * Alessandro Capriolo, Italian engraver and printer (died unknown)
  * probable (born 1557/1560) - Benedetto Bandiera, Italian painter (died 1634)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * January 2 - Pontormo, Italian Mannerist painter and portraitist from the Florentine school (born 1494)
  * January 3 - Giacomo Raibolini, Italian painter (born 1484)
  * July 16 - Vincenzo degli Azani, Italian painter (date of birth unknown)
  * October 5 - Francesco Bacchiacca, Florentine Mannerist painter (born 1494)
  * date unknown
     * Giovanni del Giglio, Italian painter
     * Lorenzo Lotto, Italian painter, draughtsman and illustrator (born 1480)
     * Giacomo Raibolini, Italian painter (born 1484)
  