1598 in art
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Events
- Marin le BourgeoysMarin le BourgeoysMarin le Bourgeoys is most well known for inventing the flintlock mechanism that was used on weapons for over two hundred years....
is appointed Valet de Chambre to King Henry IV of FranceHenry IV of FranceHenry IV , Henri-Quatre, was King of France from 1589 to 1610 and King of Navarre from 1572 to 1610. He was the first monarch of the Bourbon branch of the Capetian dynasty in France....
. At court he produces artwork, firearms, air guns, crossbows, and movable globes. - The first recorded use of the term "landscapeLandscapeLandscape comprises the visible features of an area of land, including the physical elements of landforms such as mountains, hills, water bodies such as rivers, lakes, ponds and the sea, living elements of land cover including indigenous vegetation, human elements including different forms of...
" in English, to refer to a genre of painting, borrowed from the Dutch term "landschap".
Works
- CaravaggioCaravaggioMichelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, had a formative influence on the Baroque...
- Saint CatherineSaint Catherine (Caravaggio)Saint Catherine of Alexandria is an oil painting by the Italian Baroque master Caravaggio. It is part of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection of Madrid....
- Sacrifice of IsaacSacrifice of Isaac (Caravaggio)The Sacrifice of Isaac is the title of two paintings by the Italian master Caravaggio .- Princeton version :The Sacrifice of Isaac in the Piasecka-Johnson Collection in Princeton, New Jersey, is a disputed work that was painted circa 1603...
- Martha and Mary MagdaleneMartha and Mary Magdalene (Caravaggio)Martha and Mary Magdalene is a painting by the Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. It is in the Detroit Institute of Arts. Alternate titles include Martha Reproving Mary, The Conversion of the Magdalene....
- Portrait of Maffeo BarberiniPortrait of Maffeo BarberiniPortrait of Maffeo Barberini is a painting by the Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.It is held in a private collection in Florence....
- Saint Catherine
Births
- May 23 - Claude MellanClaude MellanClaude Mellan was a French engraver and painter.Mellan was born in Abbeville. Among the leading engravers of his time, he is best known for his numerous portraits as well as for his engraving technique of using parallel lines of varying thickness, rather than the more traditional technique of...
, FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
engraverEngravingEngraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing...
and painter (d. 16881688 in art-Paintings:*René-Antoine Houasse - Minerva teaching the Rhodians sculpture *Willem van de Velde the Younger - The Fleet at Sea-Births:*April 15 – Johann Georg Bergmüller, painter of frescoes, of the Baroque...
) - July 31 – Alessandro AlgardiAlessandro AlgardiAlessandro Algardi was an Italian high-Baroque sculptor active almost exclusively in Rome, where for the latter decades of his life, he was the major rival of Gian Lorenzo Bernini.-Early years:...
, Italian sculptor (died 1654) - November 7 – Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish BaroqueBaroqueThe Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
painter (d. 1664) - December 7 – Gian Lorenzo BerniniGian Lorenzo BerniniGian Lorenzo Bernini was an Italian artist who worked principally in Rome. He was the leading sculptor of his age and also a prominent architect...
, Italian BaroqueBaroqueThe Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
sculptor and architect of 17th century Rome (d. 16801680 in art-Events:*Following the death of Sir Peter Lely, Godfrey Kneller is appointed Principal Painter to the Crown by King Charles II of England.-Births:*January 3 - Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German painter and stucco plasterer *date unknown...
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- Lambert JacobszLambert JacobszLambert Jacobsz, also Lambert Jacobsz. or Lambert Jacobszoon , was a Dutch Golden Age painter and preacher.Jacobsz was born in Amsterdam. He was the father of Abraham Lambertsz van den Tempel, and primarily painted figures. He was also active in his local Mennonite community...
, Dutch painter (d. 16361636 in art-Paintings:* Nicolas Poussin - The Triumph of Pan and The Triumph of Bacchus * Rembrandt**Belshazzar's Feast .**The Blinding of Samson...
) - Bartholomeus BreenberghBartholomeus BreenberghBartholomeus Breenbergh was a Dutch Golden Age painter of Italianate landscapes.-Biography:Little is known of his early life. In his famous three volume Schouburg, Arnold Houbraken mentioned him in his first volume with an entreaty to readers to write him with more news of Breenberg's biography...
, Dutch painter (d. 16571657 in art-Paintings:* Diego Velázquez, Las Meninas, 1656–1657* Salomon van Ruysdael, View of Deventer Seen from the North-West-Births:*January - Peter van Bloemen, Dutch painter *May 8 – Martino Altomonte, Italian painter of frescoes...
) - Chen HongshouChen HongshouThis is a Chinese name; the family name is 陈 Chen Hongshou ; 1598-1652) was a Chinese painter of late Ming Dynasty.-Life:A native of Zhuji, ZheJiang province, was a painter of the Ming dynasty. His style name was Zhanghou . His pseudonyms were Laolian , Fuchi , Yunmenseng , Huichi , Chiheshang ...
, Chinese painter of late Ming DynastyMing DynastyThe Ming Dynasty, also Empire of the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. The Ming, "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history", was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic...
(d. 16521652 in art-Paintings:* Carel Fabritius - A View of Delft; the painting showing use of exaggerated perspective.-Births:*February 13 - Anton Domenico Gabbiani, Italian painter born in Florence...
) - Giovanni Andrea de FerrariGiovanni Andrea de FerrariGiovanni Andrea de Ferrari was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Genoa. He was a member of the family of Genoese artists, with surnames de Ferrari, which also included Orazio de Ferrari and Gregorio De Ferrari. He collaborated on some projects with Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo...
, Italian painter of the BaroqueBaroqueThe Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
period active in GenoaGenoaGenoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
(d. 16691669 in art-Events:*Following the fall of Crete to the Ottomans,the Heptanese School, also known as the Ionian Islands' School, succeeds the Cretan school as the leading school of Greek post-Byzantine painting.-Paintings:...
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- Lambert Jacobsz
- probable - Wang JianWang Jian (Ming)Wang Jian ; ca. 1598-1677 was a Chinese landscape painter during the Qing Dynasty .Wang was born in Taicang in the Jiangsu province. His style name was 'Xuanzhao' and his pseudonyms were 'Xiangbi' and 'Ranxiang anzhu' . Wang's precise color style of painting was influenced by Dong Yuan...
, ChineseChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
landscape painter during the Qing DynastyQing DynastyThe Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China....
(d. 16771677 in art-Paintings:* Thomas Flatman painted miniature portraits.* Pietro Giarguzzi painted the fresco "The Holy Trinity crowning the Blessed Virgin Mary" at San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane [view: http://web.comhem.se/~u13117202/scarlino.htm ComHem-se-Scarlino]....
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Deaths
- March 27 - Theodor de Bry, Flemish-born engraver, draftsman and book editor and publisher (b. 15281528 in art-Works:* The Artist's Family – Hans Holbein-Births:* Federico Barocci, Italian painter * Theodor de Bry, Flemish engraver and draftsman * Gillis Mostaert – Dutch painter, son of Jan Mostaert...
) - April 19 - Hans FuggerHans FuggerHans Fugger von der Lilie, full name Hans, Freiherr Fugger, Herr zu Kirchheim, Glött, Mickhausen, Stettenfels und Schmiechen, was a German arts patron, businessman and politician of the Fugger family.-Life:He was the second son of Anton Fugger and Anna Rehlinger...
, patron of the arts (b. 15311531 in art-Painting:* Correggio – Leda and the Swan* Giulio Romano – Jonah and the Whale* Giovanni Battista Piazzetta – Portrait of Sophie Juliane von der Schulenburg-Births:* Vincenzo Cartari – Italian painter...
) - June 25 - Giacomo GagginiGiacomo GagginiGiacomo Gaggini was an Italian sculptor.Born in Palermo, he was the son of the sculptor Antonello Gagini, and the brother of Fazio and Vincenzo, and half-brother of Giovanni Domenico and Antonino Gaggini, all sculptors.He started to collaborate with his father at an early age, including the work...
, Italian sculptor (b. 15171517 in art-Events:*Hans Baldung leaves Freiburg and returns to Strasbourg*Sebastiano del Piombo begins painting The Raising of Lazarus*Perugino completes the altarpiece for the San Agostino Church in Perugia...
) - December 28 - Gillis MostaertGillis MostaertGillis Mostaert was a Southern Netherlandish painter.-Biography:According to Karel van Mander, Mostaert's father was from Hulst, near Antwerp. According to the RKD, he was a painter, but he sent his sons to his own father Jan Mostaert in Haarlem...
, Dutch painter, son of Jan MostaertJan MostaertJan Mostaert, also known by the names Joannes Sinapius and Master Of Oultremont was a Dutch Renaissance painter of portraits and religious subjects, though his most famous creation was the "West Indies Landscape"....
(b. c.1535) - date unknown
- Giovanni Antonio di Amato the youngerGiovanni Antonio di Amato the youngerGiovanni Antonio d'Amato the younger was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in his natal city of Naples....
, Italian painter (b. 15281528 in art-Works:* The Artist's Family – Hans Holbein-Births:* Federico Barocci, Italian painter * Theodor de Bry, Flemish engraver and draftsman * Gillis Mostaert – Dutch painter, son of Jan Mostaert...
) - Benedetto CaliariBenedetto CaliariBenedetto Caliari was an Italian painter who was born into a family of artists. Benedetto’s father Gabriele Caliari was a stonecutter. Benedetto’s brother Paolo Caliari is better known as Veronese. Veronese’s principal assistants were his younger brother Benedetto Caliari and his two sons Carlo...
, Italian painter (b. 15381538 in art-Painting:* Michelangelo – Study for the Colonna Pieta* Jacopo Bassano – The Supper at Emmaus-Births:* Antonio Abondio – Italian sculptor, best known as a medallist and as the pioneer of the coloured wax relief portrait miniature...
) - Jacopino del ConteJacopino del ConteJacopino del Conte was an Italian Mannerist painter, active in both Rome and Florence.A native of Florence, Jacopino del Conte was born the same year as another Florentine master Cecchino del Salviati and, like Salviati and a number of other painters, he initially apprenticed with the influential...
, Italian Mannerist painter (b. 15101510 in art-Works:* Sandro Botticelli completes painting of Adoration of the Christ Child as a tondo , oil on panel.-Births:* Orazio Alfani – Italian painter of the Renaissance...
) - Guillaume Le BéGuillaume Le BéGuillaume Le Bé was a French punch cutter and engraver who specialised in Hebrew typefaces.He was born in Troyes to a notable family of paper merchants and apprenticed to Robert Estienne in Paris. After completing his apprenticeship, he was active in Venice from c...
, French engraver (b. 15251525 in art-Events:* Albrecht Dürer - Publishes The Painter's Manual* Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen is named Court Painter to Archduchess Margaret of Austria-Painting:* Michelangelo – Head of Bearded Man Shouting* Pontormo - Youth in a Pink Cloak...
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- Giovanni Antonio di Amato the younger
- probable - Marcin KoberMarcin KoberMartin Kober . Was a court painter to: King Stefan Batory of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor and to Sigismund III Vasa ruler of Poland, Lithuania and Sweden.- External links :...
, PolishPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
court painter to King Stefan BatoryStefan BatoryStephen Báthory was a Hungarian noble Prince of Transylvania , then King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania . He was a member of the Somlyó branch of the noble Hungarian Báthory family...
(b. 15501550 in art-Births:* Cristoforo Augusta – Italian painter, pupil of Giovanni Battista Trotti * Pier Angelo Basili – Italian painter born in Gubbio * Giovanni Paolo Cavagna – Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period, active mainly in Bergamo...
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