1598 in art

Events

Works

*Caravaggio painted "Saint Catherine"
*Caravaggio painted "Sacrifice of Isaac"
*Caravaggio painted "Martha and Mary Magdalene"
*Caravaggio painted "Portrait of Maffeo Barberini"

Caravaggio, "Saint Catherine" 1598
Caravaggio, "Sacrifice of Isaac" 1598
Caravaggio, "Martha and Mary Magdalene" 1598
Caravaggio, "Portrait of Maffeo Barberini" 1598

Births

* July 31 - Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor (died 1654)
* November 7 - Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish Baroque painter (d. 1664)
* December 7 - Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian Baroque sculptor and architect of 17th century Rome (d. 1680)
* Artemisia Gentileschi, the daughter of an esteemed painter, taught art in Naples and painted the great women of Roman and biblical history (d. 1653)
* Bartholomeus Breenbergh - Dutch painter (d. 1657)
* Claude Mellan - French engraver and painter (d. 1688)
* Chen Hongshou - Chinese painter of late Ming Dynasty (d. 1652)
* Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari - Italian painter of the Baroque period active in Genoa (d. 1669)
* Wang Jian - Chinese landscape painter during the Qing Dynasty (d. 1677)

Deaths

* Johann Theodor de Bry, Flemish-born engraver, draftsman and book editor and publisher (b. 1528)
* Marcin Kober - Polish court painter to King Stefan Batory (b. 1550)