1606 in art

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Events from the year 1606 in art.

Events

• May 29 – Caravaggio kills a young man in a brawl in Rome.

Works

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  Caravaggio, Supper at Emmaus

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  Caravaggio, Saint Francis in Prayer

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  Caravaggio, Portrait of Pope Paul V

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  Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing

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  Caravaggio, Death of the Virgin

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  Caravaggio, Madonna di Loreto

• Caravaggio
  • Death of the Virgin (1604-1606)
  • Madonna di Loreto (1604-1606)
  • Mary Magdalen in Ecstasy
  • Portrait of Pope Paul V (1605-1606)
  • Saint Francis in Prayer
  • Saint Jerome Writing
  • Supper at Emmaus (Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan)
• John de Critz (attrib.) – James VI and I (approximate date)
• Frans Francken the Younger – The Witches' Sabbath
• Peter Paul Rubens – The Judgement of Paris (approximate date)

Births

• February 27 – Laurent de La Hire, French painter (died 1656)
• April – Jan Davidsz de Heem, Dutch painter (died 1683)
• May 3 – Lorenzo Lippi, Italian painter and poet (died 1664)
• May 12 – Joachim von Sandrart, German art-historian and painter (died 1688)
• July 15 – Rembrandt, Dutch painter (died 1669)
  • date unknown
  • Theodoor van Thulden, Dutch artist from 's-Hertogenbosch in North Brabant (died 1669)
  • Charles Errard, French painter, architect and engraver (died 1689)
  • Giacinto Gimignani, Italian painter, active mainly in Rome, during the Baroque period (died 1681)
  • Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Italian architect and painter (died 1680)
  • Pieter Quast, Dutch painter (died 1647)
  • Pietro Ricchi, Italian painter of the altarpiece for a church in Lucca (died 1675)
• probable
  • (born 1606/1611): Viviano Codazzi, Italian painter of landscapes or vedute (died 1672)
  • (born 1606/1608): Johannes Bosschaert, member of the Bosschaert family of still life painters (born 1628/1629)
  • Isaack Gilsemans, Dutch merchant and artist (died 1646)
  • Anthonie Jansz. van der Croos, Dutch painter (died 1661)

Deaths

• August 6 – Ottaviano Nonni, Italian architect, sculptor, and painter (born 1536)
• September 2 – Karel van Mander, Flemish painter, poet and biographer (born 1548)
• date unknown
  • Tiziano Aspetti, Italian sculptor (born c.1557/1559)
  • Andrea Boscoli, Florentine painter (born c.1550/60)
  • Giovanni Maria Butteri, Italian painter primarily of frescoes (born 1540)
  • Alessandro Casolano, Italian painter primarily working in Siena (born 1552)
  • Felice Damiani, Italian painter of religious themed works and altarpieces (born 1584)
  • Giovanni Battista Fiammeri, Florentine Jesuit painter (born 1530)
  • Lodovico Leoni, Italian painter mainly active in Rome (born 1531)
  • Jan Vermeyen, Dutch goldsmith of the Renaissance Mannerism (born 1559)
• probable - Paolo Farinati, Italian painter of the Mannerist style (born 1524)