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Events from the year 1600 in art.

Events

• Approximate start date of the Baroque art period.

Works

• 
  El Greco, View of Toledo
• 
  Caravaggio, The Calling of St Matthew
• 
  Caravaggio, The Martyrdom of St Matthew

• Federico Barocci - Quintilia Fischieri^{[link removed]} (approximate date)
• Caravaggio
  • The Calling of St Matthew (1599-1600)
  • The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew (1599-1600)
• El Greco
  • Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple
  • View of Toledo (1599-1600)
• Karel van Mander - The Continence of Scipio
• Domenico Passignano - Bathers at San Niccolò
• Robert Peake - The Procession Picture

Births

• May - Andrea Vaccaro, Italian Caravaggisti painter in a tenebrist style (died 1670)
• date unknown
  • Guido Ubaldo Abbatini, Italian painter (died 1656)
  • Willem Outgertsz Akersloot, Dutch Golden Age engraver (died 1661)
  • Filippo d'Angeli, Italian painter of battle scenes with small figures (died 1660)
  • Gioacchino Assereto, Italian painter, active in Genoa (died 1649)
  • Antonio Bacci, Italian still life painter (died 1665)
  • Antonio Barbalonga, Italian painter of the Baroque period (died 1649)
  • Hans Gillisz. Bollongier, still life Dutch painter (died 1645)
  • Domenico Bruni, Italian painter, mainly active in Brescia (died 1666)
  • Bernabé de Ayala, Spanish historical painter (died 1678)
  • Jacob Duck, Dutch painter (died 1667)
  • Aniello Falcone, Italian painter noted for his depictions of battle scenes (died 1665)
  • Giovanna Garzoni, Italian painter of still-lifes of fruits, vegetables, and flowers (died 1670)
  • Jerónimo Jacinto de Espinosa, Spanish painter active in Valencia (died 1667)
  • Jean Monier, French painter (died 1656)
  • Kim Myeong-guk, Korean painter of the mid Joseon period (d. unknown)
  • Vincenzo Manenti, Italian painter who worked on the cathedral at Tivoli (died 1674)
  • Jochim Neiman, German-born traveling painter who primarily worked in Finland (died 1673)
  • Antonio Richieri, Italian painter of frescoes (date of death unknown)
  • Fray Juan Rizi, Spanish painter (died 1680)
  • Pieter van Schaeyenborgh, Dutch painter of fish still lifes (died 1657)
  • Giovanni Serodine, Italian painter in Caravaggisti and tenebrist styles (died 1631)
  • Cristoforo Serra, Italian painter who was also a militia captain in the Papal troops (died 1689)
  • Georg Pachmann, Austrian portrait painter (died 1652)
  • Pieter van Avont, Flemish painter, draughtsman and printmaker (died 1652)
  • Magdalena van de Passe, engraver and important member of the Van de Passe family of artists (died 1638)
• probable
  • Domenico Ambrogi, Italian painter from Bologna (died 1678)
  • Giovanni Battista Braccelli, Italian engraver and painter, active in Florence (died 1650)
  • Jacob Heinrich Elbfas, Livonia-born portraitist (died 1664)
  • Giuseppe Caletti, Italian painter and engraver (died 1660)
  • Giulio Cesare Fellini, Italian painter (d. unknown)
  • Pieter de Grebber, Dutch painter (died 1652/1653)
  • Philips de Marlier, Flemish Baroque painter and copyist (died 1668)
  • Pieter Anthonisz. van Groenewegen, Dutch painter and member of the Bentvueghels (died 1658)
  • Gerard Houckgeest, Dutch Delft School painter (died 1661)
  • Giovanni Battista Mainero, Italian painter from Genoa (died 1657)
  • Gerard Soest, Dutch painter, father of Gerard ter Borch (died 1681)
  • Matthias Stom, Dutch Golden Age painter (died 1649)
  • Moses van Uyttenbroeck, Dutch painter and etcher (died 1648)
  • 1600/1603: Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck, Dutch portraitist (died 1662)

Deaths

• October 17 - Cornelis de Jode, cartographer and engraver (born 1568)
• date unknown
  • Cristoforo Augusta, Italian painter, pupil of Giovanni Battista Trotti (born 1550)
  • Giovanni Balducci, also called Il Cosci, Italian mannerist painter (born 1560)
  • Santi Gucci, architect and sculptor (born c.1530)
  • Diego Polo the Elder, Spanish painter (born 1560)
  • Simon Pereyns, Flemish painter who worked in Portugal, Spain, and Mexico (born 1530)
  • Jan Sadeler I, Flemish engraver of the Sadeler family (born 1550)
  • Decio Termisani, Naples-born Italian painter (born 1565)
  • Christiaen Jansz van Bieselingen, Dutch Golden Age painter (born 1558)
  • Petruccio Ubaldini, Italian calligraphist and illuminator on vellum (born 1524)
  • Giovanni Maria Verdizotti, Venetian artist and poet (born 1525)