1608 in art
# 1608 in art

Events from the year 1608 in art.

## Events

* August - Caravaggio is arrested and imprisoned for his part in a brawl. He subsequently escapes and flees Malta.
* December 1 - The senior Knights of Malta, after verifying that Caravaggio has failed to appear before them although summoned four times, vote unanimously to expel their putridum et foetidum ex-brother.
* Hendrick Avercamp moves from Amsterdam to Kampen.
* Mesrop of Khizan paints a Gospel.

## Paintings

* Caravaggio, The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
* Caravaggio, Portrait of Fra Antonio Martelli
* Caravaggio, Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt and his Page
* Caravaggio, John the Baptist (St John the Baptist at the Fountain)
* Caravaggio, Annunciation
* Caravaggio, Burial of St. Lucy
* Caravaggio, Sleeping Cupid
* Hendrick Avercamp - Winter Landscape with Iceskaters (approximate date)
* Caravaggio
   * The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
   * Portrait of Fra Antonio Martelli
   * Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt and his Page (1607–08)
   * Sleeping Cupid
   * John the Baptist (St John the Baptist at the Fountain)
   * Annunciation
   * Burial of St. Lucy
* Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger - Portrait of a boy aged two
* Frans Pourbus the Younger - Marguerite of Savoy, Duchess of Gonzaga, Duchess of Mantua
* Carlo Saraceni - Landscape with Salmacis and Hermaphroditus (approximate date)

## Births

* April/May - Pieter Post, Dutch architect, painter and printmaker (died 1669)
* October 30 - Lazzaro Morelli, sculptor (died 1690)
* date unknown
   * Salvi Castellucci, Italian painter active in Arezzo (died 1672)
   * Niccolo Laniere, Italian painter and engraver (died 1646)
   * Willem de Poorter, Dutch painter (died 1648)
   * Francisco Salmerón, Spanish painter (died 1632)
   * Giacomo Torelli, Italian set designer and engraver (died 1678)
   * Pieter van Abeele, Dutch medallist and coiner in Amsterdam (died 1684)
   * Abraham Wuchters, Dutch-Danish painter and engraver (died 1682)
* (born 1608/1612): Giovanni Stefano Danedi, Italian painter of frescoes (died 1690)

## Deaths

* June - Bernardo Buontalenti, Italian stage designer, architect, theatrical designer, military engineer and artist (born 1536)
* June 5 - Ippolito Andreasi, Italian painter (born 1548)
* July 26 - Pablo de Céspedes, Spanish painter, poet, and architect (born 1538)
* August 13 - Giambologna, Flemish sculptor of marble and bronze statuary working in Italy (born 1529)
* October 11 – Giovanni Ambrogio Figino, Italian painter (born c.1549/1551)
* October 26 - Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish painter (born 1553)
* November 14 - Bartolomeo Carducci, Italian painter (born 1560)
* date unknown
   * Felice Damiani, Italian painter of religious themed works and altarpieces (born 1584)
   * Kanō Mitsunobu, Japanese painter of the Kanō school (born unknown)
   * Pieter van der Borcht the Elder, Flemish Renaissance painter and etcher (born 1535 or 1545)
   * Alessandro Vittoria, Italian Mannerist sculptor of the Venetian school (born 1525)
