1610 in art

Events

• Caravaggio begins his journey from Naples home to Rome, where he is to receive a pardon from the Pope through the intercession of Cardinal Scipione Borghese; however, Caravaggio never arrives in Rome.
• Stained glass windows installed in the chapel of Hatfield House are the first in the country since the start of the English Reformation.

Works

• Sofonisba Anguissola - Self-portrait
• Caravaggio
• *The Denial of Saint Peter
• *John the Baptist
• *The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula
• *David with the Head of Goliath
• Domenichino - Adoration of the Shepherds
• Artemisia Gentileschi - Susanna and the Elders
• Orazio Gentileschi
• *David After the death of Goliath
• *Madonna with Child
• Peter Paul Rubens - ''Samson and Delilah''

Births

• May 18 – Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker known for etchings of many subjects, including military ones
• September 4 - Giovanni Andrea Sirani, Bolognese painter of the Baroque period
• December 10 – Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch genre painter
• December 15 – David Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter
• date unknown
• *Hong Ren, Chinese monk and painter of the Xin'an school of painting
• *Francesco Lauri, Italian fresco painter
• *Li Yin, Chinese painter, poet and calligrapher
• *Anton Francesco Lucini, Italian engraver and printmaker
• *Jan Miense Molenaer, Dutch genre painter
• *Giulio Quaglio, Italian fresco painter
• *Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, Italian fresco painter
• probable
• *Jan Asselijn, Dutch painter of landscapes and animals
• *Domenico de Benedettis, Italian painter
• *Jan Dirksz Both, Dutch painter
• *Francisco Camilo, Spanish painter
• *Albert Eckhout, Dutch portrait and still life painter
• *Anthonie de Lorme, Dutch painter
• *Simon Luttichuys, Dutch painter
• *Jean Nicolle, French painter
• *Michele Pace del Campidoglio, Italian painter of fruit and flowers
• *Adriano Palladino, Italian painter born and active in Cortona
• *Giovanni Battista Passeri, Italian painter of genre and still life paintings
• *Dirck van Santvoort, Dutch painter
• *Karel Škréta, Czech Baroque painter
• *Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh, Dutch painter
• *Pieter Verbeeck, Dutch painter
• *Jacob Willemszoon de Wet, Dutch painter

Deaths

• January 5 - Hieronymus Francken I, Flemish painter
• March 19 - Hasegawa Tōhaku, Japanese painter and founder of the Hasegawa school of Japanese painting during the Azuchi-Momoyama period
• July 18 – Caravaggio, Italian painter
• October 26 - Francesco Vanni, Italian mannerist painter
• December 11 – Adam Elsheimer, German "cabinet" painter
• date unknown
• *Sadiqi Beg, Persian writer and miniaturist
• *Nicolás Borrás, Spanish painter
• *Francesco Curia, Italian Renaissance painter
• *Benedetto Gennari, Italian painter
• probable
• *Giovanni Battista Cremonini, Italian painter of primarily frescoes
• *Juan Bautista Vázquez the Younger, Spanish sculptor part of the Sevillian school of sculpture