1598 in art

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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".

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)

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)