1608 in art
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Events from the year 1608 in art.
Events
- August - Caravaggio is arrested and imprisoned for his part in a brawl.[1] He subsequently escapes and flees Malta.
- December 1 - The senior Knights of Malta, after verifying that Caravaggio has failed to appear before them although summoned four times, vote unanimously to expel their putridum et foetidum ex-brother.
- Hendrick Avercamp moves from Amsterdam to Kampen.
- Mesrop of Khizan paints a Gospel.
Paintings
- Hendrick Avercamp - Winter Landscape with Iceskaters (approximate date)
- Caravaggio
- Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger - Portrait of a boy aged two
- Frans Pourbus the Younger - Marguerite of Savoy, Duchess of Gonzaga, Duchess of Mantua
- Carlo Saraceni - Landscape with Salmacis and Hermaphroditus (approximate date)
Births
- April/May - Pieter Post, Dutch architect, painter and printmaker (died 1669)
- October 30 - Lazzaro Morelli, sculptor (died 1690)
- date unknown
- Salvi Castellucci, Italian painter active in Arezzo (died 1672)
- Niccolo Laniere, Italian painter and engraver (died 1646)
- Willem de Poorter, Dutch painter (died 1648)
- Francisco Salmerón, Spanish painter (died 1632)
- Giacomo Torelli, Italian set designer and engraver (died 1678)
- Pieter van Abeele, Dutch medallist and coiner in Amsterdam (died 1684)
- Abraham Wuchters, Dutch-Danish painter and engraver (died 1682)
- (born 1608/1612): Giovanni Stefano Danedi, Italian painter of frescoes (died 1690)
Deaths
- June - Bernardo Buontalenti, Italian stage designer, architect, theatrical designer, military engineer and artist (born 1536)
- June 5 - Ippolito Andreasi, Italian painter (born 1548)
- July 26 - Pablo de Céspedes, Spanish painter, poet, and architect (born 1538)
- August 13 - Giambologna, Flemish sculptor of marble and bronze statuary working in Italy (born 1529)
- October 11 – Giovanni Ambrogio Figino, Italian painter (born c.1549/1551)
- October 26 - Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish painter (born 1553)
- November 14 - Bartolomeo Carducci, Italian painter (born 1560)
- date unknown
- Felice Damiani, Italian painter of religious themed works and altarpieces (born 1584)
- Kanō Mitsunobu, Japanese painter of the Kanō school (born unknown)
- Pieter van der Borcht the Elder, Flemish Renaissance painter and etcher (born 1535 or 1545)
- Alessandro Vittoria, Italian Mannerist sculptor of the Venetian school (born 1525)
References
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