1600 in art

Events

• Approximate start date of the Baroque art period.

Works

• Federico Barocci -
• Caravaggio
• *The Calling of St Matthew
• *The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew
• El Greco
• *Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple
• *View of Toledo
• Karel van Mander - The Continence of Scipio
• Domenico Passignano - Bathers at San Niccolò
• Robert Peake - '' The Procession Picture''

Births

• May - Andrea Vaccaro, Italian Caravaggisti painter in a tenebrist style
• date unknown
• *Guido Ubaldo Abbatini, Italian painter
• *Willem Outgertsz Akersloot, Dutch Golden Age engraver
• *Filippo d'Angeli, Italian painter of battle scenes with small figures
• *Gioacchino Assereto, Italian painter, active in Genoa
• *Antonio Bacci, Italian still life painter
• *Antonio Barbalonga, Italian painter of the Baroque period
• *Hans Gillisz. Bollongier, still life Dutch painter
• *Domenico Bruni, Italian painter, mainly active in Brescia
• *Bernabé de Ayala, Spanish historical painter
• *Jacob Duck, Dutch painter
• *Aniello Falcone, Italian painter noted for his depictions of battle scenes
• *Giovanna Garzoni, Italian painter of still-lifes of fruits, vegetables, and flowers
• *Jerónimo Jacinto de Espinosa, Spanish painter active in Valencia
• *Jean Monier, French painter
• *Kim Myeong-guk, Korean painter of the mid Joseon period
• *Vincenzo Manenti, Italian painter who worked on the cathedral at Tivoli
• *Jochim Neiman, German-born traveling painter who primarily worked in Finland
• *Antonio Richieri, Italian painter of frescoes
• *Fray Juan Rizi, Spanish painter
• *Pieter van Schaeyenborgh, Dutch painter of fish still lifes
• *Giovanni Serodine, Italian painter in Caravaggisti and tenebrist styles
• *Cristoforo Serra, Italian painter who was also a militia captain in the Papal troops
• *Georg Pachmann, Austrian portrait painter
• *Pieter van Avont, Flemish painter, draughtsman and printmaker
• *Magdalena van de Passe, engraver and important member of the Van de Passe family of artists
• probable
• *Domenico Ambrogi, Italian painter from Bologna
• *Giovanni Battista Braccelli, Italian engraver and painter, active in Florence
• *Jacob Heinrich Elbfas, Livonia-born portraitist
• *Giuseppe Caletti, Italian painter and engraver
• *Giulio Cesare Fellini, Italian painter
• *Pieter de Grebber, Dutch painter
• *Philips de Marlier, Flemish Baroque painter and copyist
• *Pieter Anthonisz. van Groenewegen, Dutch painter and member of the Bentvueghels
• *Gerard Houckgeest, Dutch Delft School painter
• *Giovanni Battista Mainero, Italian painter from Genoa
• *Gerard Soest, Dutch painter, father of Gerard ter Borch
• *Matthias Stom, Dutch Golden Age painter
• *Moses van Uyttenbroeck, Dutch painter and etcher
• *1600/1603: Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck, Dutch portraitist

Deaths

• October 17 - Cornelis de Jode, cartographer and engraver
• date unknown
• *Cristoforo Augusta, Italian painter, pupil of Giovanni Battista Trotti
• *Giovanni Balducci, also called Il Cosci, Italian mannerist painter
• *Santi Gucci, architect and sculptor
• *Diego Polo the Elder, Spanish painter
• *Simon Pereyns, Flemish painter who worked in Portugal, Spain, and Mexico
• *Jan Sadeler I, Flemish engraver of the Sadeler family
• *Decio Termisani, Naples-born Italian painter
• *Christiaen Jansz van Bieselingen, Dutch Golden Age painter
• *Petruccio Ubaldini, Italian calligraphist and illuminator on vellum
• *Giovanni Maria Verdizotti, Venetian artist and poet