1601 in art

Events

• July – Nicholas Hilliard writes to Robert Cecil, England's Secretary of State, acknowledging an annuity of £40, and asking permission to retire from London to save on household expenses.

Paintings

• Caravaggio
• *The Conversion of Saint Paul
• *Conversion on the Way to Damascus
• *Crucifixion of St. Peter
• *Supper at Emmaus
• Annibale Carracci – Assumption of the Virgin
• Peter Paul Rubens – ''The Deposition''

Births

• January 19 – Guido Cagnacci, Italian painter of the Bolognese School
• March 19 – Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter, architect and sculptor
• September 13 – Jan Brueghel the Younger, Flemish painter
• November 15 – Cecco Bravo, Florentine painter of the Baroque period
• date unknown
• *Hendrick Bloemaert, Dutch Golden Age painter
• *Pieter de Bloot, Dutch painter
• *Martin Droeshout, engraver
• *Shi Kefa, Chinese government official and calligrapher
• probable
• *Simon de Vlieger, painter
• *Paulus Bor, Dutch painter
• *Michel Corneille the Elder, French painter, etcher, and engraver

Deaths

• May 10 – Hans van Steenwinckel the Elder, Flemish/Danish sculptor and architect
• July 24 – Joris Hoefnagel, Flemish painter and engraver
• date unknown
• *Giovanni Alberti, Italian painter
• *Giacomo del Duca, Italian sculptor
• *Zacharias Dolendo, Dutch engraver
• *Teodoro Ghisi, Italian engraver
• *Hugues Sambin, French sculptor and woodworker
• *Paris Nogari, Italian painter
• probable – Cesare Vecellio, Italian engraver and painter