1600 in art

Events

* Baroque art period begins

Works

El Greco, "View of Toledo" 1596–1600
Caravaggio, "The Calling of St Matthew" 1599-1600
Caravaggio, "The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew" 1599-1600

* El Greco painted "View of Toledo"
* Caravaggio painted "The Calling of St Matthew"
* Caravaggio painted "The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew"

Births

* Aniello Falcone, Italian Baroque painter noted for his painted depictions of battle scenes (d. 1665)
* Hans Bollongier - still life Dutch painter (d. 1645)
* Pieter de Grebber - Dutch painter (d. 1652/1653)
* Matthias Stom - Dutch golden age painter (d. 1649)
* Guido Ubaldo Abbatini - Italian painter of the Baroque period (d. 1656)
* Domenico Ambrogi - Italian painter from Bologna (d. 1678)
* Filippo d'Angeli - Italian painter of the Baroque period of battle scenes with small figures (d. 1660)
* Gioacchino Assereto - italian painter of the early Baroque period, active in Genoa (d. 1649)
* Antonio Barbalonga - Italian painter of the Baroque period (d. 1649)
* Giovanni Battista Braccelli - Italian engraver and painter of the Baroque period, active in Florence (d. 1650)
* Domenico Bruni - Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Brescia (d. 1666)
* Jacob Heinrich Elbfas - Livonia-born portraitist (d. 1664)
* Giuseppe Caletti - Italian painter and engraver of the Baroque period (d. 1660)
* Giulio Cesare Fellini - Italian painter of the Baroque period (d. "unknown")
* Giovanna Garzoni - Italian woman painter of still-lifes of fruits, vegetables, and flowers (d. 1670)
* Kim Myeong-guk - Korean painter of the mid Joseon period (d. "unknown")
* Giovanni Battista Mainero - Italian painter from Genoa (d. 1657)
* Vincenzo Manenti - Italian painter who worked on the cathedral at Tivoli (d. 1674)
* Antonio Richieri - Italian painter of frescoes (d. "unknown")
* Giovanni Serodine - Italian painter in Caravaggisti and tenebrist styles (d. 1631)
* Cristoforo Serra - Italian painter who was also a militia captain in the Papal troops (d. 1689)
* Andrea Vaccaro - Italian Caravaggisti painter in a tenebrist style (d. 1670)
* Georg Pachmann - Austrian portrait painter (d. 1652)
* (b. 1600/1603): Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck - Dutch portraitist (d. 1662)
* (b. 1600/1603): Francesco Furini - Italian Baroque painter from Florence (d. 1646)
* (b. 1600/1604): Giovanni Martinelli - Italian painter of frescoes of allegorys (d. 1659)
* (b. 1600/1610): Luigi Miradori - Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Cremona (d. 1656)

Deaths