1600 in art

Events

• Baroque art period begins

Works

• Caravaggio
  • The Calling of St Matthew
  • The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew
• El Greco - View of Toledo

Births

• May - Andrea Vaccaro, Italian Caravaggisti painter in a tenebrist style (d. 1670)
• date unknown
  • Guido Ubaldo Abbatini, Italian painter (d. 1656)
  • Filippo d'Angeli, Italian painter of battle scenes with small figures (d. 1660)
  • Gioacchino Assereto, Italian painter, active in Genoa (d. 1649)
  • Antonio Barbalonga, Italian painter of the Baroque period (d. 1649)
  • Hans Bollongier, still life Dutch painter (d. 1645)
  • Domenico Bruni, Italian painter, mainly active in Brescia (d. 1666)
  • Aniello Falcone, Italian painter noted for his depictions of battle scenes (d. 1665)
  • Jacob Duck, Dutch painter (d. 1667)
  • Giovanna Garzoni, Italian painter of still-lifes of fruits, vegetables, and flowers (d. 1670)
  • Pieter de Grebber, Dutch painter (d. 1652/1653)
  • Kim Myeong-guk, Korean painter of the mid Joseon period (d. unknown)
  • Vincenzo Manenti, Italian painter who worked on the cathedral at Tivoli (d. 1674)
  • Antonio Richieri, Italian painter of frescoes (d. unknown)
  • Giovanni Serodine, Italian painter in Caravaggisti and tenebrist styles (d. 1631)
  • Cristoforo Serra, Italian painter who was also a militia captain in the Papal troops (d. 1689)
  • Georg Pachmann, Austrian portrait painter (d. 1652)
  • Moses van Uyttenbroeck, Dutch painter and etcher of the Baroque period (d. 1648)
• probable
  • Domenico Ambrogi, Italian painter from Bologna (d. 1678)
  • Matthias Stom, Dutch Golden Age painter (d. 1649)
  • Giovanni Battista Braccelli, Italian engraver and painter, active in Florence (d. 1650)
  • Jacob Heinrich Elbfas, Livonia-born portraitist (d. 1664)
  • Giuseppe Caletti, Italian painter and engraver (d. 1660)
  • Giulio Cesare Fellini, Italian painter (d. unknown)
  • Pieter Anthonisz. van Groenewegen, Dutch painter and member of the Bentvueghels (d. 1658)
  • Gerard Houckgeest, Dutch Delft School painter (d. 1661)
  • Giovanni Battista Mainero, Italian painter from Genoa (d. 1657)
  • Gerard Soest, Dutch painter, father of Gerard ter Borch (d. 1681)

Deaths

• October 17 - Cornelis de Jode, cartographer and engraver (b. 1568)
• date unknown
  • Cristoforo Augusta, Italian painter, pupil of Giovanni Battista Trotti (b. 1550)
  • Santi Gucci, architect and sculptor (b. c.1530)
  • Diego Polo the Elder, Spanish painter (b. 1560)
  • Simon Pereyns, Flemish painter who worked in Portugal, Spain, and Mexico (b. 1530)
  • Decio Termisani, Naples-born Italian painter (b. 1565)
  • Christiaen Jansz van Bieselingen, Dutch Golden Age painter (b. 1558)
  • Giovanni Maria Verdizotti, Venetian artist and poet (b. 1525)