1608 in art
Events from the year 1608 in art.
Events
- August - Caravaggio is arrested and imprisoned for his part in a brawl. He subsequently escapes and flees Malta.
- December 1 - The senior Knights of Malta, after verifying that Caravaggio has failed to appear before them although summoned four times, vote unanimously to expel their putridum et foetidum ex-brother.
- Hendrick Avercamp moves from Amsterdam to Kampen.
- Mesrop of Khizan paints a Gospel.
Paintings
- Hendrick Avercamp - Winter Landscape with Iceskaters
- Caravaggio
- *The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
- *Portrait of Fra Antonio Martelli
- *Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt and his Page
- *Sleeping Cupid
- *John the Baptist (St John the Baptist at the Fountain)
- *Annunciation
- *Burial of St. Lucy
- Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger - Portrait of a boy aged two
- Frans Pourbus the Younger - Marguerite of Savoy, Duchess of Gonzaga, Duchess of Mantua
- Carlo Saraceni - ''Landscape with Salmacis and Hermaphroditus''
Births
- April/May - Pieter Post, Dutch architect, painter and printmaker
- October 30 - Lazzaro Morelli, sculptor
- date unknown
- *Salvi Castellucci, Italian painter active in Arezzo
- *Niccolo Laniere, Italian painter and engraver
- *Willem de Poorter, Dutch painter
- *Francisco Salmerón, Spanish painter
- *Giacomo Torelli, Italian set designer and engraver
- *Pieter van Abeele, Dutch medallist and coiner in Amsterdam
- *Abraham Wuchters, Dutch-Danish painter and engraver
- : Giovanni Stefano Danedi, Italian painter of frescoes
- : Ginevra Cantofoli, Italian painter
Deaths
- June - Bernardo Buontalenti, Italian stage designer, architect, theatrical designer, military engineer and artist
- June 5 - Ippolito Andreasi, Italian painter
- July 26 - Pablo de Céspedes, Spanish painter, poet, and architect
- August 13 - Giambologna, Flemish sculptor of marble and bronze statuary working in Italy
- October 11 – Giovanni Ambrogio Figino, Italian painter
- October 26 - Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish painter
- November 14 - Bartolomeo Carducci, Italian painter
- date unknown
- *Felice Damiani, Italian painter of religious themed works and altarpieces
- *Kanō Mitsunobu, Japanese painter of the Kanō school
- *Pieter van der Borcht the Elder, Flemish Renaissance painter and etcher
- *Alessandro Vittoria, Italian Mannerist sculptor of the Venetian school