1598 in art
# 1598 in art

Events from the year 1598 in art.

## Events

* Marin le Bourgeoys is appointed Valet de Chambre to King Henry IV of France. At court he produces artwork, firearms, air guns, crossbows, and movable globes.
* The first recorded use of the term "landscape" in English, to refer to a genre of painting, borrowed from the Dutch term "landschap".

## Works

* Federico Barocci (Galleria Borghese, Rome)
   * Aeneas' Flight from Troy
   * St. Jerome
* Caravaggio
   * Saint Catherine
   * Sacrifice of Isaac
   * Martha and Mary Magdalene
   * Portrait of Maffeo Barberini
* Caravaggio, Saint Catherine
* Caravaggio, Sacrifice of Isaac
* Caravaggio, Martha and Mary Magdalene
* Caravaggio, Portrait of Maffeo Barberini

## Births

* May 23 - Claude Mellan, French engraver and painter (died 1688)
* July 31 – Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor (died 1654)
* November 7 – Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish Baroque painter (died 1664)
* December 7 – Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian Baroque sculptor and architect of 17th century Rome (died 1680)
* date unknown
   * Bartholomeus Breenbergh, Dutch painter (died 1657)
   * Domingos da Cunha, Portuguese painter (died 1644)
   * Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari, Italian painter of the Baroque period active in Genoa (died 1669)
   * Willem de Passe, Dutch engraver and designer of medals (died 1637)
   * Chen Hongshou, Chinese painter of late Ming Dynasty (died 1652)
   * Willem Hondius, Dutch engraver, cartographer and painter (died 1652/1658)
   * Lambert Jacobsz, Dutch painter (died 1636)
   * Jean Lemaire, French painter (died 1659)
   * Bernard van Linge, Dutch glass and enamel painter (died 1644)
* probable - Wang Jian, Chinese landscape painter during the Qing Dynasty (died 1677)

## Deaths

* March 27 - Theodor de Bry, Flemish-born engraver, draftsman and book editor and publisher (born 1528)
* April 19 - Hans Fugger, patron of the arts (born 1531)
* June 25 - Giacomo Gaggini, Italian sculptor (born 1517)
* December 28 - Gillis Mostaert, Dutch painter, son of Jan Mostaert (b. c.1535)
* date unknown
   * Giovanni Antonio di Amato the younger, Italian painter (born 1528)
   * René Boyvin, French engraver who lived in Angers (born 1525)
   * Benedetto Caliari, Italian painter (born 1538)
   * Jacopino del Conte, Italian Mannerist painter (born 1510)
   * Guillaume Le Bé, French engraver (born 1525)
* probable - Marcin Kober, Polish court painter to King Stefan Batory (born 1550)
