Events from the year 1582 in art.

Events

• The Book of Felicity is produced in the Ottoman Empire, for Sultan Murad III.

Paintings

van Valckenborch – Mountainous Landscape, Rijksmuseum

• Federico Barocci - Entombment (Santa Croce, Senigallia)
• Robert Peake - Portrait of Anne Knollys
• El Greco
  • The Martyrdrom of Saint Maurice
  • Saint Peter in Tears
• Maso da San Friano - Christ Reborn
• Cherubino Alberti
  • The Presentation at the Temple
  • The Resurrection
  • The Holy Family
• Lucas van Valckenborch – Mountainous Landscape

Births

• January 26 – Giovanni Lanfranco, Italian painter of the Baroque period (died 1647)
• August - Bartolomeo Manfredi, Italian painter, a leading member of the Caravaggisti (died 1622)
• November 18 - Caspar de Crayer, Flemish painter (died 1669)
• date unknown
  • Wouter Abts, Flemish painter of conversation pieces and landscapes (died 1642/3)
  • Remigio Cantagallina, Italian etcher, active in the Baroque period (died 1656)
  • Francis Cleyn, German painter and tapestry designer (died 1658)
  • Jacob Franquart, Flemish painter, court architect and copper plate engraver (died 1651)
  • Lawrence Hilliard, English miniature painter (died 1648)
  • Vespasiano Strada, Italian painter and engraver of the early-Baroque period (died 1622)
  • Richard Tassel, French painter (died 1660)
  • David Teniers the Elder, Flemish painter (died 1649)
• probable
  • Frans Hals, Dutch Golden Age painter (died 1666)

Deaths

• December 15 - Giorgio Ghisi, Italian coppersmith, painter, and engraver (born 1512/1520)
• date unknown
  • Leonardo Brescia, Italian painter (born 1481)
  • Francesco da Urbino, Italian painter (born 1545)