1520 in art

Births

February 23 (baptised) - Ercole Procaccini the Elder, Italian painter mainly active in Milan (died 1595)
June 29 - Nicolás Factor, Spanish painter of the Renaissance period (died 1583)
date unknown
- Gaspar Becerra, Spanish painter and sculptor (died 1570)
- Leonardo Brescia, Italian painter (died 1582)
- Mirabello Cavalori, Italian painter mainly active in Florence (died 1572)
- Claudio de Arciniega, Spanish sculptor and architect (died 1593)
- Giacomo del Duca, Italian sculptor (died 1601)
- Étienne Dupérac, French painter, draughtsman and engraver, topographer and antiquarian (died 1607)
- Giorgio Ghisi, Italian engraver from Mantua (died 1582)
- David Kandel, Strasbourg-born botanical illustrator (died 1592)
- Domenico Poggini, Italian sculptor (died 1590)
- Giuseppe Porta, Italian painter active mainly in Venice (died 1575)
- Martin Van Cleve, Flemish painter of the Van Cleve family (died 1570)
probable
- Hans Eworth, Flemish painter (died 1574)
- Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder, Flemish printmaker and painter associated with the English court of the mid-16th Century (died 1590)
- Francesco Imparato, Italian painter active mainly in his natal city of Naples (died 1570)
- Girolamo Porro, Italian engraver on wood and on copper (died unknown)
- Martino Rota, Croatian artist and printmaker (died 1583)
- Hugues Sambin, French sculptor and woodworker (died 1601)
- (born 1520/1524): Giovanni Battista Moroni, Italian painter of the mannerist period (died 1579)

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