Events

• (unknown)

Paintings

• 
  Caravaggio The Inspiration of Saint Matthew 1602
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  Caravaggio The Taking of Christ 1602
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  Caravaggio Amor Vincit Omnia 1601-1602
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  Caravaggio Saint Matthew and the Angel 1602
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  Caravaggio John the Baptist (Youth with a Ram) 1602
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  Caravaggio The Incredulity of Saint Thomas 1601-1602

• Pieter Brueghel the Younger - The Procession to Calvary
• Caravaggio
  • The Inspiration of Saint Matthew
  • The Taking of Christ
  • Amor Vincit Omnia
  • Saint Matthew and the Angel
  • John the Baptist (Youth with a Ram)
  • The Incredulity of Saint Thomas
• Karel van Mander - Garden of Love

Births

• March 4 - Kanō Tanyū, Japanese painter (died 1674)
• May 26 - Philippe de Champaigne, Brabançon-born French Baroque portrait painter (died 1674)
• date unknown
  • Andrea Camassei, Italian painter active in Rome under the patronage of the Barberini (died 1649)
  • Francesco Costanzo Cattaneo, Italian painter of primarily soldiers and banditti (died 1665)
  • Michelangelo Cerquozzi, Italian painter of small canvases of genre scenes (died 1660)
  • Anthonie Palamedesz., Dutch painter (died 1673)
  • Antonio de Puga, Spanish Baroque painter (died 1648)
  • Evert van Aelst, Dutch painter of still lifes (died 1657)
• probable
  • Jacobus Mancadan, Dutch Golden Age painter mostly known for his pastoral landscapes (died 1680)
  • Abel Schrøder, Danish woodcarver (died 1676)
  • Salomon van Ruysdael, Dutch Golden Age landscape painter (died 1670)

Deaths

• March 22 - Agostino Carracci, Italian printmaker (born 1557)
• August 23 - Sebastiano Filippi, Italian late Renaissance-Mannerist painter of the School of Ferrara (born 1536)
• October 7 - Thomas Schweicker, disabled German painter and calligrapher (born 1540)
• November 22 - Toussaint Dubreuil, French painter (born 1561)
• date unknown
  • Giacomo della Porta, Italian architect and sculptor (born c.1533)
  • Aert Mijtens, Flemish Renaissance painter (born 1541)
  • Jan Nagel, Dutch painter (born c.1560)
  • Daniël van den Queborn, Dutch painter (born 1552)
• probable
  • Pierre Courteys, French enamel painters of Limoges, designer and colorist (born unknown)
  • Santi di Tito, Italian painter of Late-Mannerist or proto-Baroque style (born 1536)
  • Adrian Vanson, Flemish court portrait painter (born unknown)