1598 in art

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Events

• Marin le Bourgeoys is appointed Valet de Chambre to King Henry IV of France. At court he produces artwork, firearms, air guns, crossbows, and movable globes.
• The first recorded use of the term "landscape" in English, to refer to a genre of painting, borrowed from the Dutch term "landschap".

Works

See also: Category:1598 paintings

• Caravaggio
  • Saint Catherine
  • Sacrifice of Isaac
  • Martha and Mary Magdalene
  • Portrait of Maffeo Barberini

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  Caravaggio, Saint Catherine 1598

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  Caravaggio, Sacrifice of Isaac 1598

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  Caravaggio, Martha and Mary Magdalene 1598

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  Caravaggio, Portrait of Maffeo Barberini 1598

Births

• May 23 - Claude Mellan, French engraver and painter (d. 1688)
• 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)
• date unknown
  • Lambert Jacobsz, Dutch painter (d. 1636)
  • Bartholomeus Breenbergh, Dutch painter (d. 1657)
  • 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)
• probable - Wang Jian, Chinese landscape painter during the Qing Dynasty (d. 1677)

Deaths

• March 27 - Theodor de Bry, Flemish-born engraver, draftsman and book editor and publisher (b. 1528)
• April 19 - Hans Fugger, patron of the arts (b. 1531)
• June 25 - Giacomo Gaggini, Italian sculptor (b. 1517)
• December 28 - Gillis Mostaert, Dutch painter, son of Jan Mostaert (b. c.1535)
• date unknown
  • Giovanni Antonio di Amato the younger, Italian painter (b. 1528)
  • Benedetto Caliari, Italian painter (b. 1538)
  • Jacopino del Conte, Italian Mannerist painter (b. 1510)
  • Guillaume Le Bé, French engraver (b. 1525)
• probable - Marcin Kober, Polish court painter to King Stefan Batory (b. 1550)