1596 in art

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Events from the year 1596 in art.

Events[]

• (unknown)

Paintings[]

Caravaggio, The Lute Player

• Federico Barocci - Annunciation (Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Assisi)
• Caravaggio
  • The Lute Player
  • Medusa (first version)
• Annibale Carracci - The Choice of Hercules

Births[]

• January 13 - Jan van Goyen, Dutch landscape painter (died 1656)
• February 2 - Jacob van Campen, Dutch artist and architect of the Golden Age (died 1657)
• April - Juan van der Hamen, Spanish still life painter (died 1631)
• May - Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Dutch painter of the Flemish School (died 1675)
• June 5 - Peter Wtewael, Dutch painter, son of Joachim Wtewael (died 1660)
• October 1 - Cesare Dandini, Italian painter (died 1657)
• October 5 - Pieter van Mierevelt, Dutch Golden Age painter (died 1623)
• November 1 – Pietro da Cortona, pseudonym of Pietro Berettini, prolific artist and architect of High Baroque (died 1669)
• December 24 - Leonaert Bramer, Dutch painter (died 1674)
• date unknown
  • Antonio Bisquert, Spanish painter of the Baroque period (died 1646)
  • Obaku Dokuryu, Japanese calligrapher and painter (died 1672)
  • Andrea di Leone, Italian painter of battle scenes (died 1675)
  • Xiao Yuncong, Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet in the late Ming Dynasty (died 1673)
• probable
  • Thomas de Keyser, Dutch painter and architect (died 1667)
  • Antonio Catalani, Italian painter of the late-Renaissance and early-Baroque periods (d. unknown)

Deaths[]

• July 10 - Alessandro Alberti, Italian painter (born 1551)
• date unknown
  • Hans Donauer, German painter (b. c.1521)
  • George Gower, English portrait painter who became sergeant-painter to Queen Elizabeth I (born 1540)
  • Nicholas Francken of Herenthals, Flemish painter (b. unknown)
  • Dario Varotari the Elder, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (b. c.1539)
  • Pedro de Villegas Marmolejo, Spanish sculptor and painter (born 1519)
• probable
  • Niccolò Circignani, Italian painter of the late-Renaissance or Mannerist period (born 1517/1524)
  • Pellegrino Tibaldi, Italian mannerist architect, sculptor, and mural painter (born 1527)