1612 in art

Events

Paintings

• Cornelis Engelsz – The St Adrian Civic Guard
• Artemisia Gentileschi - Judith Slaying Holofernes
• Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger - Anne of Denmark in mourning
• Peter Paul Rubens
• * The Four Philosophers
• * The Massacre of the Innocents
• * Saint Peter as Pope
• Joachim Wtewael - ''The Wedding of Peleus and Thetis''

Births

• February 9 - Pier Francesco Mola, Italian painter of frescoes
• April 12 - Simone Cantarini, Italian painter and etcher of the Bolognese School of painting
• August 2 - Saskia van Uylenburgh, Dutch wife and model of Rembrandt
• December 2 - David Ryckaert III, Flemish painter, member of the Ryckaert family of artists
• date unknown
• *Michel Anguier, French sculptor
• *Barent Avercamp, Dutch painter
• *Baldassare Bianchi, Italian painter
• *Abraham Bosschaert, member of the Bosschaert family of still life painters
• *Kun Can, Chinese painter from Hunan who spent most of his life in Nanjing
• *Francisco de Burgos Mantilla, Spanish painter
• *Francesco Francanzano, Italian painter who participated in the Masaniello rebellion
• *Frans Wouters, Flemish Baroque painter
• *Zhou Lianggong, Chinese bureaucrat, poet, essayist and art historian, patron of many important Chinese painters
• probable
• *Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo, Spanish Baroque portrait and landscape painter
• *Harmen Steenwijck, Dutch painter of still lifes, notably of fruit
• *Andries Both, Dutch genre painter

Deaths

• March - Philip Galle, publisher of old master prints
• May 31 - Willem Isaacsz Swanenburg, Dutch engraver
• August 17 - Alexander Colyn, Flemish sculptor
• October 4 - Cesare Aretusi, Italian painter primarily of portraits
• October 10 - Bernardino Poccetti, Italian Mannerist painter
• date unknown
• *Federico Barocci, Italian Renaissance painter and printmaker
• *Giovanni Bizzelli, Italian painter
• *Francesco Cavazzoni, Italian painter and art historian
• *Pieter Claeissens the Younger, Flemish painter
• *Nicolas Cordier, French sculptor, painter and printmaker
• *Dominicus Custos, Flemish printer and copperplate engraver
• *Aert Pietersz, Dutch painter
• *Giovanni Battista Trotti, Italian painter active mainly in his native city of Cremona