The year 1596 in art involved some significant events and new works.
Events
Paintings
Births
- January 13 - Jan van Goyen, Dutch landscape painter (died 1656)
- February 2 - Jacob van Campen, Dutch artist and architect of the Golden Age (died 1657)
- April - Juan van der Hamen, Spanish still life painter (died 1631)
- May - Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Dutch painter of the Flemish School (died 1675)
- June 5 - Peter Wtewael, Dutch painter, son of Joachim Wtewael (died 1660)
- October 1 - Cesare Dandini, Italian painter (died 1657)
- October 5 - Pieter van Mierevelt, Dutch Golden Age painter (died 1623)
- November 1 – Pietro da Cortona, pseudonym of Pietro Berettini, prolific artist and architect of High Baroque (died 1669)
- December 24 - Leonaert Bramer, Dutch painter (died 1674)
- date unknown
- Antonio Bisquert, Spanish painter of the Baroque period (died 1646)
- Obaku Dokuryu, Japanese calligrapher and painter (died 1672)
- Andrea di Leone, Italian painter of battle scenes (died 1675)
- Xiao Yuncong, Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet in the late Ming Dynasty (died 1673)
- probable
Deaths
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