1601 in art

Events from the year 1601 in art.

Events

 * (unknown)

Paintings

 * Caravaggio
 * The Conversion of Saint Paul (1600-1601)
 * Conversion on the Way to Damascus
 * Crucifixion of St. Peter
 * Supper at Emmaus
 * Annibale Carracci - Assumption of the Virgin (1600-1601, Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome)
 * Peter Paul Rubens - The Deposition

Births

 * January 19 - Guido Cagnacci, Italian painter of the Bolognese School (died 1663)
 * March 19 - Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter, architect and sculptor (died 1667)
 * September 13 - Jan Brueghel the Younger, Flemish painter (died 1678)
 * November 15 - Cecco Bravo, Florentine painter of the Baroque period (died 1661)
 * date unknown
 * Hendrick Bloemaert, Dutch Golden Age painter (died 1672)
 * Pieter de Bloot, Dutch painter (died 1658)
 * Martin Droeshout, engraver (died 1650)
 * Shi Kefa, Chinese government official and calligrapher (died 1645)
 * probable
 * Simon de Vlieger, painter (died 1653)
 * Paulus Bor, Dutch painter (died 1669)
 * Michel Corneille the Elder, French painter, etcher, and engraver (died 1664)

Deaths

 * May 10 - Hans van Steenwinckel the Elder, Flemish/Danish sculptor and architect (born 1550)
 * July 24 - Joris Hoefnagel, Flemish painter and engraver (born 1542)
 * date unknown
 * Giovanni Alberti, Italian painter (born 1558)
 * Giacomo del Duca, Italian sculptor (born 1520)
 * Zacharias Dolendo, Dutch engraver (born 1561)
 * Teodoro Ghisi, Italian engraver (born 1536)
 * Hugues Sambin, French sculptor and woodworker (born 1520)
 * Paris Nogari, Italian painter (born 1536)
 * Cesare Vecellio, Italian engraver and painter (born 1530)