1607 in art

Events

• Work by the German painter Peter Reimers first appears in Kinsarvik, effectively beginning the Stavanger renaissance.

Paintings

• Caravaggio
• *Saint Jerome Writing
• *The Flagellation of Christ
• *The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew
• *The Seven Works of Mercy
• *David with the Head of Goliath
• *Madonna of the Rosary
• *The Crowning with Thorns
• *Christ at the Column
• *Salome with the Head of John the Baptist
• Cigoli - The Sacrifice of Isaac
• Ambrosius Francken - triptych of the Crucifixion
• Peter Paul Rubens - ''Susanna and the Elders''

Births

• May 31 - Johann Wilhelm Baur, German engraver, etcher and miniature painter
• July 12 - Jean Petitot, French-Swiss enamel painter
• July 23 - Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian etcher
• October 24 – Jan Lievens, Dutch painter and visual artistspecific date not listed
• *Hendrick Andriessen, Flemish still-life painter
• *Bartholomeus Assteyn, Dutch painter
• *Francesco Cairo, Italian painter active in Lombardy and Piedmont
• *Vincenzo Dandini, Italian painter active in Florence
• *Frans Francken III, Flemish painter
• *Mathieu Le Nain of the Le Nain brothers, French Baroque painter
• *Alfonso Rivarola, Italian painter, active mainly in his native Ferrara
• *Cornelis Saftleven, Dutch painter
• *Gerard van Zyl, Dutch Golden Age painter of portraits and genre scenes

Deaths

• January - Gillis van Coninxloo, Dutch painter of forest landscapes
• March - Étienne Dupérac, French painter, draughtsman and engraver, topographer and antiquarian
• April 6 - Jan Saenredam, Dutch engraver
• May 10 - Pieter Schoubroeck, German landscape painter
• July 24 - Alessandro Pieroni, Italian mannerist painter and architect
• September 22 - Alessandro Allori, Italian portrait painter of the late Mannerist Florentine school
• date unknown - Cornelius Cure, English-born sculptor of Dutch parentage
• probable - Barthel Bruyn the Younger, German portraitist, son of Barthel Bruyn the Elder