1612 in art
# 1612 in art

Events from the year 1612 in art.

## Events

* (unknown)

## Paintings

* Cornelis Engelsz – The St Adrian Civic Guard
* Artemisia Gentileschi - Judith Slaying Holofernes (first version (National Museum of Capodimonte, Naples); approximate date)
* Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger - Anne of Denmark in mourning (approximate date)
* Peter Paul Rubens
   * The Four Philosophers (1611-12)
   * The Massacre of the Innocents (first version; approximate date)
   * Saint Peter as Pope (1611-12)
* Joachim Wtewael - The Wedding of Peleus and Thetis

## Births

* February 9 - Pier Francesco Mola, Italian painter of frescoes (died 1666)
* April 12 - Simone Cantarini, Italian painter and etcher of the Bolognese School of painting (died 1648)
* August 2 - Saskia van Uylenburgh, Dutch wife and model of Rembrandt (died 1642)
* December 2 (baptized) - David Ryckaert III, Flemish painter, member of the Ryckaert family of artists (died 1661)
* date unknown
   * Michel Anguier, French sculptor (died 1686)
   * Barent Avercamp, Dutch painter (died 1679)
   * Baldassare Bianchi, Italian painter (died 1679)
   * Abraham Bosschaert, member of the Bosschaert family of still life painters (died 1643)
   * Kun Can, Chinese painter from Hunan who spent most of his life in Nanjing (died 1674)
   * Francisco de Burgos Mantilla, Spanish painter (died 1672)
   * Francesco Francanzano, Italian painter who participated in the Masaniello rebellion (died 1657)
   * Frans Wouters, Flemish Baroque painter (died 1659)
   * Zhou Lianggong, Chinese bureaucrat, poet, essayist and art historian (died 1672), patron of many important Chinese painters
* probable
   * Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo, Spanish Baroque portrait and landscape painter (died 1667)
   * Harmen Steenwijck, Dutch painter of still lifes, notably of fruit (died 1656)
   * Andries Both, Dutch genre painter (died 1642)

## Deaths

* March - Philip Galle, publisher of old master prints (born 1537)
* May 31 - Willem Isaacsz Swanenburg, Dutch engraver (born 1580)
* August 17 - Alexander Colyn, Flemish sculptor (born 1527/1529)
* October 4 - Cesare Aretusi, Italian painter primarily of portraits (born 1580)
* October 10 - Bernardino Poccetti, Italian Mannerist painter (born 1548)
* date unknown
   * Federico Barocci, Italian Renaissance painter and printmaker (born 1526)
   * Giovanni Bizzelli, Italian painter (born 1556)
   * Francesco Cavazzoni, Italian painter and art historian (born 1559)
   * Pieter Claeissens the Younger, Flemish painter (date of birth unknown)
   * Nicolas Cordier, French sculptor, painter and printmaker (born 1567)
   * Dominicus Custos, Flemish printer and copperplate engraver (born 1560)
   * Aert Pietersz, Dutch painter (born 1550)
   * Giovanni Battista Trotti, Italian painter active mainly in his native city of Cremona (born 1555)
