1608 in art
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Events

Paintings

See also: Category:1608 paintings

Caravaggio, The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist 1608	Caravaggio, Portrait of Fra Antonio Martelli 1608	Caravaggio, Sleeping Cupid 1608	Caravaggio, John the Baptist (St John the Baptist at the Fountain) 1608
Caravaggio, Annunciation 1608	Caravaggio, Burial of St. Lucy 1608

• Caravaggio painted The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
• Caravaggio painted Portrait of Fra Antonio Martelli
• Caravaggio painted Sleeping Cupid
• Caravaggio painted John the Baptist (St John the Baptist at the Fountain)
• Caravaggio painted Annunciation
• Caravaggio painted Burial of St. Lucy

Births

• Pieter Post - Dutch architect, painter and printmaker (d. 1669)
• Salvi Castellucci - Italian painter of the Baroque period active in Arezzo (d. 1672)
• Niccolo Laniere - Italian painter and engraver (d. 1646)
• Giacomo Torelli - Italian set designer and engraver (d. 1678)
• (b. 1608/1612): Giovanni Stefano Danedi Italian painter of frescoes (d. 1690)

Deaths

• Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish painter (born 1553)
• October 11 - Giovanni Ambrogio Figino, Italian painter (b. c.1549/1551)
• Bernardo Buontalenti - Italian stage designer, architect, theatrical designer, military engineer and artist (born 1536)
• Pablo de Céspedes - Spanish painter, poet, and architect (b. 1538)
• Bartolomeo Carducci - Italian painter (b. 1560)
• Alessandro Vittoria - Italian Mannerist sculptor of the Venetian school (b. 1525)
• Giambologna - Sculptor of marble and bronze statuary (b. 1529)
• Pompeo Leoni - Italian sculptor and medallist (b. 1533)