1606 in art
# 1606 in art

Events from the year 1606 in art.

## Events

* May 29 – Caravaggio kills a young man in a brawl in Rome.

## Works

* Caravaggio, Supper at Emmaus
* Caravaggio, Saint Francis in Prayer
* Caravaggio, Portrait of Pope Paul V
* Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing
* Caravaggio, Death of the Virgin
* Caravaggio, Madonna di Loreto
* Rubens, Portrait of Marchesa Brigida Spinola-Doria
* Caravaggio
   * Death of the Virgin (1604-1606)
   * Madonna di Loreto (1604-1606)
   * Mary Magdalen in Ecstasy
   * Portrait of Pope Paul V (1605-1606)
   * Saint Francis in Prayer
   * Saint Jerome Writing
   * Supper at Emmaus (Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan)
* John de Critz (attrib.) – James VI and I (approximate date)
* Frans Francken the Younger – The Witches' Sabbath
* Peter Paul Rubens
   * The Judgement of Paris (approximate date)
   * Portrait of Marchesa Brigida Spinola-Doria

## Births

* February 27 – Laurent de La Hire, French painter (died 1656)
* April – Jan Davidsz de Heem, Dutch painter (died 1683)
* May 3 – Lorenzo Lippi, Italian painter and poet (died 1664)
* May 12 – Joachim von Sandrart, German art-historian and painter (died 1688)
* July 15 – Rembrandt, Dutch painter (died 1669)
   * date unknown
   * Theodoor van Thulden, Dutch artist from 's-Hertogenbosch in North Brabant (died 1669)
   * Charles Errard, French painter, architect and engraver (died 1689)
   * Giacinto Gimignani, Italian painter, active mainly in Rome, during the Baroque period (died 1681)
   * Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Italian architect and painter (died 1680)
   * Pieter Quast, Dutch painter (died 1647)
   * Pietro Ricchi, Italian painter of the altarpiece for a church in Lucca (died 1675)
* probable
   * (born 1606/1611): Viviano Codazzi, Italian painter of landscapes or vedute (died 1672)
   * (born 1606/1608): Johannes Bosschaert, member of the Bosschaert family of still life painters (born 1628/1629)
   * Joan Carlile, née Palmer, English professional portrait painter (died 1679)
   * Isaack Gilsemans, Dutch merchant and artist (died 1646)
   * Anthonie Jansz. van der Croos, Dutch painter (died 1661)

## Deaths

* August 6 – Ottaviano Nonni, Italian architect, sculptor, and painter (born 1536)
* September 2 – Karel van Mander, Flemish painter, poet and biographer (born 1548)
* date unknown
   * Tiziano Aspetti, Italian sculptor (born c.1557/1559)
   * Andrea Boscoli, Florentine painter (born c.1550/60)
   * Giovanni Maria Butteri, Italian painter primarily of frescoes (born 1540)
   * Alessandro Casolano, Italian painter primarily working in Siena (born 1552)
   * Giovanni Battista Fiammeri, Florentine Jesuit painter (born 1530)
   * Lodovico Leoni, Italian painter mainly active in Rome (born 1531)
   * Jan Vermeyen, Dutch goldsmith of the Renaissance Mannerism (born 1559)
* probable - Paolo Farinati, Italian painter of the Mannerist style (born 1524)
