1597 in art

Events

Works

* El Greco painted a view of Toledo (the capital of Visigoth Spain) in "The Saint Joseph and the Christ Child".
* A portrait of Sir Henry Unton was painted.
* At the Rohzen Monastery, Bulgaria, an image was painted of "Christ Pantocrator" together with the twelve apostles, above the entrance gate of the Holy Virgin main church.
*Caravaggio painted "Penitent Magdalene"
*Caravaggio painted "Rest on the Flight into Egypt"
*Caravaggio painted "Medusa"
*Caravaggio painted "Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto"
*Dong Qichang painted "Wanluan Thatched Hall"

Births

* Salomon de Bray (or Braij), Dutch painter (d. 1664)
* Pieter Claesz van Haarlem, Dutch Baroque painter (d. 1661)
* Pieter Jansz Saenredam, Dutch painter of structures, architectural portraitist (d. 1665)
* Pieter Claesz - Dutch still life painter (d. 1660)
* Juan Ribalta - Spanish painter of the Baroque period (d. 1628)
* Theodoor Rombouts - Flemish painter (d. 1637)
* Jacob van Campen - Dutch artist and architect of the Golden Age (d. 1657)
* Giacomo di Castro - Italian painter of the Baroque period (d. 1687)
* Justus Sustermans - Flemish painter in the Baroque style (d. 1681)
* Ludovico Lana - Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Modena (d. 1646)
* Xiang Shengmo - Chinese painter in the Qing Dynasty (d. 1658)
* Orfeo Boselli - Italian sculptor working in Rome (d. 1667)

Deaths

* 1597 - Prospero Fontana - Italian painter of the late Renaissance, b. 1512