This year our Ten Things column each month is alternating between composers and artists a century at a time from pre-1500 to 20th century. As always, there’s no guarantee you will have heard of them all!

Ten Artists Born in 16th Century

1. Pieter Bruegel the Elder
   

   

2. Nicolas Poussin
3. Gian Lorenzo Bernini
4. Anthony van Dyck
5. Giuseppe Arcimboldo
6. El Greco
7. Nicholas Hilliard
8. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
9. Frans Hals
10. Hendrick Avercamp