1554 in art

• Gerlach Flicke, temporarily imprisoned in London with pirate Henry Strangways, paints a diptych of them both, which constitutes the earliest known self-portrait in oils in England. • A group of Edinburgh painters, led by one Walter Binning, assault an outsider, David Warkman, who has been painting a ceiling in the city. ==Works==

, Danae, 1554 Paintings • Hans Eworth – Queen Mary Tudor • Gerlach Flicke – Self-portrait with Henry Strangwish • Antonis Mor – Queen Mary Tudor • Titian – Danae and Christ Appearing to his Mother after his Resurrection Sculptures • Benvenuto Cellini – Perseus with the Head of Medusa ==Births==

• February 27 - Giovanni Battista Paggi, Italian painter (died 1627) • date unknown • Paul Brill, landscape painter of frescoes who worked in Rome (died 1626) • Cesare Corte, Italian painter active mainly in his natal city of Genoa (died 1613) • Augustin Cranach, German painter, son of Lucas Cranach the Younger (died 1595) • Costantini de' Servi, Italian painter (died 1622) • Mir Emad Hassani, Persian Nastaʿlīq script calligrapher (died 1615) • Rombertus van Uylenburgh, father-in-law of Rembrandt (died 1624) • probable - William Segar, court painter to Queen Elizabeth I of England (died 1633) of Sofonisba Anguissola - 1554 ==Deaths==

• April - Simone Mosca, Italian sculptor (born 1492) • December 22 - Moretto da Brescia, Italian Renaissance painter of Brescia and Venice (born 1498) • date unknown • Giovanni Francesco Rustici, Italian Renaissance painter and sculptor (born 1474) • Anthony Toto, Italian painter and architect (born 1498) • probable • Michelangelo Anselmi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter active mostly in Parma (born 1492) • Hans Brosamer, German engraver, wood-cutter, and portraitist (born 1506) ==References==