Events from the year 1601 in art.
Events July – Nicholas Hilliard writes to Robert Cecil, England's Secretary of State, acknowledging an annuity of £40, and asking permission to retire from London to save on household expenses.HMC, Manuscripts of the Marquis of Salisbury at Hatfield House, vol. 11 (1906), p. 306
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 – Alonso 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) August 10 – Giovanni Alberti, Italian painter (born 1558) date unknown 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) probable – Cesare Vecellio, Italian engraver and painter (born 1530)
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