The year 1598 in art involved some significant events and new works.
Events
- Marin le Bourgeoys is appointed Valet de Chambre to King Henry IV of France. At court he produces artwork, firearms, air guns, crossbows, and movable globes.
- The first recorded use of the term "landscape" in English, to refer to a genre of painting, borrowed from the Dutch term "landschap".
Works
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)
- Domingos da Cunha, Portuguese painter (died 1644)
- Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari, Italian painter of the Baroque period active in Genoa (died 1669)
- Willem de Passe, Dutch engraver and designer of medals (died 1637)
- Chen Hongshou, Chinese painter of late Ming Dynasty (died 1652)
- Willem Hondius, Dutch engraver, cartographer and painter (died 1652/1658)
- 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)
Deaths
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