1598 in Art - Births

Births

• May 23 - Claude Mellan, French engraver and painter (died 1688)
• July 31 – Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor (died 1654)
• November 7 – Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish Baroque painter (died 1664)
• December 7 – Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian Baroque sculptor and architect of 17th century Rome (died 1680)
• date unknown
  • Bartholomeus Breenbergh, Dutch painter (died 1657)
  • Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari, Italian painter of the Baroque period active in Genoa (died 1669)
  • Chen Hongshou, Chinese painter of late Ming Dynasty (died 1652)
  • Lambert Jacobsz, Dutch painter (died 1636)
  • Jean Lemaire, French painter (died 1659)
  • Bernard van Linge, Dutch glass and enamel painter (died 1644)
• probable - Wang Jian, Chinese landscape painter during the Qing Dynasty (died 1677)