1596 in art

List of years in art (table)
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Events

Caravaggio, The Lute Player

January 13 - Jan van Goyen, Dutch landscape painter (died 1656)
February 2 - Jacob van Campen, Dutch artist and architect of the Golden Age (died 1657)
April - Juan van der Hamen, Spanish still life painter (died 1631)
May - Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Dutch painter of the Flemish School (died 1675)
June 5 - Peter Wtewael, Dutch painter, son of Joachim Wtewael (died 1660)
October 1 - Cesare Dandini, Italian painter (died 1657)
October 5 - Pieter van Mierevelt, Dutch Golden Age painter (died 1623)
November 1 – Pietro da Cortona, pseudonym of Pietro Berettini, prolific artist and architect of High Baroque (died 1669)
December 24 - Leonaert Bramer, Dutch painter (died 1674)
date unknown
- Antonio Bisquert, Spanish painter of the Baroque period (died 1646)
- Obaku Dokuryu, Japanese calligrapher and painter (died 1672)
- Andrea di Leone, Italian painter of battle scenes (died 1675)
- Xiao Yuncong, Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet in the late Ming Dynasty (died 1673)
probable
- Thomas de Keyser, Dutch painter and architect (died 1667)
- Antonio Catalani, Italian painter of the late-Renaissance and early-Baroque periods (d. unknown)

July 10 - Alessandro Alberti, Italian painter (born 1551)
date unknown
- Hans Donauer, German painter (b. c.1521)
- George Gower, English portrait painter who became sergeant-painter to Queen Elizabeth I (born 1540)
- Nicholas Francken of Herenthals, Flemish painter (b. unknown)
- Dario Varotari the Elder, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (b. c.1539)
- Pedro de Villegas Marmolejo, Spanish sculptor and painter (born 1519)
probable
- Niccolò Circignani, Italian painter of the late-Renaissance or Mannerist period (born 1517/1524)
- Pellegrino Tibaldi, Italian mannerist architect, sculptor, and mural painter (born 1527)