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The year 1589 in art involved some significant events and new works.
Events
- Painter, sculptor and architect Willem Boy takes a leading role in the construction of the fortifications at Vaxholm, Sweden.
Paintings
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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)