1602 in art

Events

* (unknown)

Paintings

*Caravaggio painted "The Inspiration of Saint Matthew"
*Caravaggio painted "The Taking of Christ"
*Caravaggio painted "Amor Vincit Omnia"
*Caravaggio painted "Saint Matthew and the Angel"
*Caravaggio painted "John the Baptist (Youth with a Ram)"
*Caravaggio painted "The Incredulity of Saint Thomas"

Births

* Salomon van Ruisdael (d. 1670)
* Kanō Tanyū, Japanese painter (d. 1674)
* Felix Castello - Spanish painter of the Baroque period (d. 1656)
* Andrea Camassei - Italian painter of the Baroque active in Rome under the patronage of the Barberini (d. 1649)
* Francesco Costanzo Cattaneo - Italian painter of primarily soldiers and banditti (d. 1665)
* Michelangelo Cerquozzi - Italian painter of small canvases of genre scenes (d. 1660)
* (b. 1602/1604)): Abraham Bosse - French artist, printmaker in etching, and watercolour (d. 1676)

Deaths

* Toussaint Dubreuil, French painter (b. 1561)
* Santi di Tito - Italian painter of Late-Mannerist or proto-Baroque style (b. 1536)
* Agostino Carracci - Italian painter and printmaker (b. 1557)
* Sebastiano Filippi - Italian late Renaissance-Mannerist painter of the School of Ferrara (b. 1536)
* (d. 1602/1614): Pietro Faccini - Italian painter in styles bridging Mannerism and the nascent Baroque (b. 1562)