1607 in art
# 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
* Caravaggio, Flagellation of Christ
* Caravaggio, The Seven Works of Mercy
* Caravaggio, David with the Head of Goliath
* Caravaggio, Madonna of the Rosary
* Caravaggio, The Crowning with Thorns
* Caravaggio, Christ at the Column
* Caravaggio, Salome with the Head of John the Baptist
* 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)
