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Events
Works
 Dong Qichang, Wanluan Thatched Hall 1597 |
- El Greco painted a view of Toledo (the capital of Visigoth Spain) in The Saint Joseph and the Christ Child.
- A portrait of Sir Henry Unton was painted.
- At the Rohzen Monastery, Bulgaria, an image was painted of Christ Pantocrator together with the twelve apostles, above the entrance gate of the Holy Virgin main church.
- Caravaggio painted Penitent Magdalene
- Caravaggio painted Rest on the Flight into Egypt
- Caravaggio painted Medusa
- Caravaggio painted Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto
- Dong Qichang painted Wanluan Thatched Hall
Births
- Salomon de Bray (or Braij), Dutch painter (d. 1664)
- Pieter Claesz van Haarlem, Dutch Baroque painter (d. 1661)
- Pieter Jansz Saenredam, Dutch painter of structures, architectural portraitist (d. 1665)
- Pieter Claesz - Dutch still life painter (d. 1660)
- Juan Ribalta - Spanish painter of the Baroque period (d. 1628)
- Theodoor Rombouts - Flemish painter (d. 1637)
- Jacob van Campen - Dutch artist and architect of the Golden Age (d. 1657)
- Giacomo di Castro - Italian painter of the Baroque period (d. 1687)
- Justus Sustermans - Flemish painter in the Baroque style (d. 1681)
- Ludovico Lana - Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Modena (d. 1646)
Deaths
- 1597 - Prospero Fontana - Italian painter of the late Renaissance, b. 1512
