1601 in art
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Events from the year 1601 in art.
Events
- July â Nicholas Hilliard writes to Robert Cecil, England's Secretary of State, acknowledging an annuity of £40, and asking permission to retire from London to save on household expenses.[1]
Paintings
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Births
- January 19 â Guido Cagnacci, Italian painter of the Bolognese School (died 1663)[5]
- March 19 â Alonso Cano, Spanish painter, architect and sculptor (died 1667)
- September 13 â Jan Brueghel the Younger, Flemish painter (died 1678)[6]
- November 15 â Cecco Bravo, Florentine painter of the Baroque period (died 1661)
- date unknown
- Hendrick Bloemaert, Dutch Golden Age painter (died 1672)
- Pieter de Bloot, Dutch painter (died 1658)
- Martin Droeshout, engraver (died 1650)
- Shi Kefa, Chinese government official and calligrapher (died 1645)
- probable
- Simon de Vlieger, painter (died 1653)
- Paulus Bor, Dutch painter (died 1669)
- Michel Corneille the Elder, French painter, etcher, and engraver (died 1664)
Deaths
- May 10 â Hans van Steenwinckel the Elder, Flemish/Danish sculptor and architect (born 1550)[7]
- July 24 â Joris Hoefnagel, Flemish painter and engraver (born 1542)[8]
- August 10 â Giovanni Alberti, Italian painter (born 1558)[9]
- date unknown
- Giacomo del Duca, Italian sculptor (born 1520)
- Zacharias Dolendo, Dutch engraver (born 1561)
- Teodoro Ghisi, Italian engraver (born 1536)
- Hugues Sambin, French sculptor and woodworker (born 1520)[10]
- Paris Nogari, Italian painter (born 1536)
- probable â Cesare Vecellio, Italian engraver and painter (born 1530)
