1607 in art

Events from the year 1607 in art.

Events

 * Work by the German painter Peter Reimers first appears in Kinsarvik, effectively beginning the Stavanger renaissance.

Paintings

 * Caravaggio
 * Saint Jerome Writing
 * The Flagellation of Christ
 * The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew
 * The Seven Works of Mercy
 * David with the Head of Goliath (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)
 * Madonna of the Rosary
 * The Crowning with Thorns
 * Christ at the Column
 * Salome with the Head of John the Baptist (National Gallery, London)
 * Cigoli - The Sacrifice of Isaac (approximate date)
 * Ambrosius Francken - triptych of the Crucifixion (formerly at main altar of Church of the Augustinians in Mechelen)
 * Peter Paul Rubens - Susanna and the Elders

Births

 * May 31 - Johann Wilhelm Baur, German engraver, etcher and miniature painter (died 1640)
 * July 12 - Jean Petitot, French-Swiss enamel painter (died 1691)
 * July 13 - Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian etcher (died 1677)
 * October 24 – Jan Lievens (died 1674), Dutch painter and visual artist
 * specific date not listed
 * Hendrick Andriessen, Flemish still-life painter (died 1655)
 * Bartholomeus Assteyn, Dutch painter (died 1669/1677)
 * Francesco Cairo, Italian painter active in Lombardy and Piedmont (died 1665)
 * Vincenzo Dandini, Italian painter active in Florence (died 1675)
 * Frans Francken III, Flemish painter (died 1667)
 * Mathieu Le Nain ("le Chevalier") (died 1677) of the Le Nain brothers, French Baroque painter
 * Alfonso Rivarola, Italian painter, active mainly in his native Ferrara (died 1640)
 * Cornelis Saftleven, Dutch painter (died 1681)
 * Gerard van Zyl, Dutch Golden Age painter of portraits and genre scenes (died 1665)

Deaths

 * January - Gillis van Coninxloo, Dutch painter of forest landscapes (born 1544)
 * March - Étienne Dupérac, French painter, draughtsman and engraver, topographer and antiquarian (born 1520)
 * April 6 - Jan Saenredam, Dutch engraver (born 1565)
 * May 10 - Pieter Schoubroeck, German landscape painter (born c.1570)
 * July 24 - Alessandro Pieroni, Italian mannerist painter and architect (born 1550)
 * September 22 - Alessandro Allori, Italian portrait painter of the late Mannerist Florentine school (born 1535)
 * date unknown - Cornelius Cure, English-born sculptor of Dutch parentage
 * probable - Barthel Bruyn the Younger, German portraitist, son of Barthel Bruyn the Elder (born 1530)