1600 in art

Events from the year 1600 in art.

Events

 * Approximate start date of the Baroque art period.

Works

 * Federico Barocci - Quintilia Fischieri (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)