1546 in art

• The plan for the new St. Peter's Basilica dome, begun by Bramante, is continued by the new chief architect, Michelangelo. • The Farnese Hercules is removed from the Baths of Caracalla by Cardinal Cardinal Alessandro Farnese to the Palazzo Farnese in Rome. ==Works==

– ''San Giacomo dell'Orio Altarpiece'' Paintings • Domenico Beccafumi – Pagan Child Couple • Jacopo Bassano – The Adoration of the Shepherds • Girolamo Siciolante da Sermoneta – Holy Family with Saint Michael • Lorenzo Lotto – ''San Giacomo dell'Orio Altarpiece'' • William Scrots • Anamorphic portrait of Edward, Prince of Wales • Henry Howard Earl of Surrey (attributed) • : Elizabeth as a princess • Titian – Pope Paul III and his Grandsons ==Births==

• March 21 - Bartholomeus Spranger, Flemish Northern Mannerist painter, draughtsman, and etcher (died 1611) ==Deaths==

• January 4 - Camillo Boccaccino, Italian painter active mainly in Cremona and regions of Lombardy (born 1511) • January 11 - Gaudenzio Ferrari, Italian painter and sculptor of the Renaissance (born 1471) • August 1 - Peter Faber (or Pierre Favre), French Jesuit painter and sculptor (born 1506) • October 23 - Peter Flötner, German designer, sculptor, and printmaker (born 1490) • November 1 - Giulio Romano, Italian painter and architect (born 1499) • date unknown • Valerio Belli, Italian engraver and medallion maker (born 1470) • Jan van Calcar, Netherlands-born Italian painter, pupil of Titian (born 1499) • Bartolomeo Veneto - Italian portrait painter (born 1502) • probable - Marinus van Reymerswaele, Dutch Renaissance painter (born 1490 ==References==