Paintings

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  Caravaggio, The Musicians
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  Caravaggio, Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy
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  Caravaggio, Bacchus
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  Lavinia Fontana, Portrait of a Lady with a Lap Dog

• Caravaggio
  • The Musicians
  • Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy
  • Bacchus
• Annibale Carracci – Venus, Adonis and Cupid (approximate date)
• Lavinia Fontana – Portrait of a Lady with Lap Dog (approximate date)
• Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (attributed) – Portrait of an unknown lady, possibly Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester (approximate date) (Tate Britain)
• Nicholas Hilliard – Portrait miniature of Lettice Knollys, Countess of Leicester (c.1590-1595)
• Fabrizio Santafede – Madonna with Saints

Births

• April 6 - Pieter de Molijn, Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver born in England (died 1661)
• July 4 - Felix Castello, Spanish painter (died 1651)
• October 18 - Lucas van Uden, Flemish Baroque painter specializing in landscapes (died 1672)
• date unknown
  • Francesco Carracci, Italian painter and engraver (died 1622)
  • Lucas Vorsterman, Dutch Baroque engraver (died 1675)
• probable
  • Vincenzo Spisanelli, Italian painter of altarpieces (died 1662)
  • Tomás Yepes, Spanish painter of primarily bodegóns (died 1674)
  • Jan den Uyl, Dutch Golden Age painter of still lifes (died 1640)
  • Dirck van Baburen, Dutch painter (died 1624)
  • Pieter de Keyser, Dutch Golden Age sculptor and architect (died 1676)
  • Jan Wildens, Flemish Baroque painter and draughtsman specializing in landscapes (died 1653)
  • 1595/1596: Simon de Passe, Dutch royal engraver and designer of medals (died 1647)

Deaths

• July 26 - Augustin Cranach, German painter, son of Lucas Cranach the Younger (born 1554)
• date unknown
  • Robert Adams, English architect, engraver and surveyor of buildings to Queen Elizabeth (born 1540)
  • Michelangelo Aliprandi, Italian painter, pupil of Veronese (born 1527)
  • Alessandro Ardente, Italian painter during the late-Renaissance period (date of birth unknown)
  • Annibale Caccavello, Italian sculptor (born 1515)
  • Jean Cousin the Younger, French painter, sculptor (born 1522)
  • Hernando de Ávila, Spanish painter and sculptor (born 1538)
  • Pedro de Bolduque, Spanish sculptor of Flemish origin (born 1550)
  • Étienne Delaune, French engraver and goldsmith (born 1518)
  • Ercole Procaccini the Elder, Italian painter (born 1520)