1589 in art

List of years in art (table)
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Events

• Painter, sculptor and architect Willem Boy takes a leading role in the construction of the fortifications at Vaxholm, Sweden.

Paintings

Allori – Women on a Terrace, Palazzo Pitti

• Anonymous - Portrait of Sir Christopher Hatton
• Annibale Carracci - Two Children Teasing a Cat (approximate date)
• Hieronimo Custodis
  • Elizabeth Brydges
  • Giles Brydges, 3rd Baron Chandos
• Cornelis van Haarlem - The First Family (approximate date)
• Lavinia Fontana - Holy Family (El Escorial)
• Quentin Matsys - Vision of the Prophet Ezekiel (approximate date)
• Kaspar Memberger
  • Virgin and Child
  • Wolf-Dietrich von Raitenau, prince-archbishop of Salzburg
• Tintoretto - Portrait of Nicolaus Padavinus
• Jacopo Zucchi - Amor and Psyche

Births

• July 16 - Sinibaldo Scorza, Italian painter, draughtsman and etcher (died 1631)
• August 12 - Domenico Fiasella, Italian painter of primarily frescoes (died 1669)
• date unknown
  • Johannes van der Beeck, Dutch painter (died 1644)
  • Adriaen van de Venne, Dutch Baroque painter of allegories, genre subjects and portraits (died 1662)
  • Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri - Italian painter and Caravaggisti (died 1655)
  • Kanō Sansetsu, Japanese painter (died 1651)
  • Bernardino Capitelli, Italian painter and etcher of the Baroque period (died 1639)
• probable
  • Domenico Fetti, Italian painter (died 1624)
  • Sebastian Furck, German engraver (died 1666)
  • Hercules Seghers, Dutch painter and printmaker of the Dutch Golden Age (died 1638)

Deaths

• date unknown
  • Quentin Metsys the Younger, Flemish painter (born 1543)
  • Cornelis Molenaer, Flemish painter (born 1540)
  • Heo Nanseolheon, Korean poet and painter (born 1563)
  • Sesson Shukei, Japanese Zen monk and painter of the Muromachi period (born 1504)
• probable - Bernard Palissy, French potter and craftsman (born 1510)