Overview of the events of 1596 in art
Events from the year 1596 in art.
Caravaggio, The Lute Player
- January 13 - Jan van Goyen, Dutch landscape painter (died 1656)
- February 2 - Jacob van Campen, Dutch artist and architect of the Golden Age (died 1657)
- April - Juan van der Hamen, Spanish still life painter (died 1631)
- May - Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Dutch painter of the Flemish School (died 1675)
- June 5 - Peter Wtewael, Dutch painter, son of Joachim Wtewael (died 1660)
- October 1 - Cesare Dandini, Italian painter (died 1657)
- October 5 - Pieter van Mierevelt, Dutch Golden Age painter (died 1623)
- November 1 – Pietro da Cortona, pseudonym of Pietro Berettini, prolific artist and architect of High Baroque (died 1669)
- December 24 - Leonaert Bramer, Dutch painter (died 1674)[1]
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