1604 in art

Events

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Paintings

*Caravaggio painted "John the Baptist"
*Caravaggio painted "John the Baptist (Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica)"
*Caravaggio painted "The Crowning with Thorns I"

Births

* Gysbert-Gilliszoon d'Hondecoeter (or Gijsbert or de Hondecoutre), Dutch painter of barnyard fowl (d. 1653), father of Melchior d'Hondecoeter.
* Herman van Swanevelt - Dutch painter from the Baroque era (d. 1655)
* Jean Varin - French sculptor and engraver (d. 1672)
* Mario Balassi - Italian painter of the Baroque period (d. 1667)
* Giovanni Giacomo Barbelli - Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Brescia (d. 1656)
* Bartolommeo Bianco - Italian architect, engineer, and painter (d. 1656)
* Angelo Michele Colonna - Italian painter of frescoes (d. 1687)
* Giovanni Battista Michelini - Italian painter of religious and mythological subjects (d. 1655)
* Johann Anton Eismann - Austrian painter (d. 1698)

Deaths

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