1598 in art

Events from the year 1598 in art.

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

 * Federico Barocci (Galleria Borghese, Rome)
 * Aeneas' Flight from Troy
 * St. Jerome
 * Caravaggio
 * Saint Catherine
 * Sacrifice of Isaac
 * Martha and Mary Magdalene
 * Portrait of Maffeo Barberini

Births

 * May 23 - Claude Mellan, French engraver and painter (died 1688)
 * July 31 – Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor (died 1654)
 * November 7 – Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish Baroque painter (died 1664)
 * December 7 – Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian Baroque sculptor and architect of 17th century Rome (died 1680)
 * date unknown
 * Bartholomeus Breenbergh, Dutch painter (died 1657)
 * Domingos da Cunha, Portuguese painter (died 1644)
 * Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari, Italian painter of the Baroque period active in Genoa (died 1669)
 * Willem de Passe, Dutch engraver and designer of medals (died 1637)
 * Chen Hongshou, Chinese painter of late Ming Dynasty (died 1652)
 * Willem Hondius, Dutch engraver, cartographer and painter (died 1652/1658)
 * Lambert Jacobsz, Dutch painter (died 1636)
 * Jean Lemaire, French painter (died 1659)
 * Bernard van Linge, Dutch glass and enamel painter (died 1644)
 * probable - Wang Jian, Chinese landscape painter during the Qing Dynasty (died 1677)

Deaths

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