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Events

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Paintings

Cornelis Engelsz – The St Adrian Civic Guard
Artemisia Gentileschi - Judith Slaying Holofernes (first version (National Museum of Capodimonte, Naples); approximate date)
Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger - Anne of Denmark in mourning (approximate date)
Peter Paul Rubens
- The Four Philosophers (1611-12)
- The Massacre of the Innocents (first version; approximate date)
- Saint Peter as Pope (1611-12)
Joachim Wtewael - The Wedding of Peleus and Thetis

Births

February 9 - Pier Francesco Mola, Italian painter of frescoes (died 1666)
April 12 - Simone Cantarini, Italian painter and etcher of the Bolognese School of painting (died 1648)
August 2 - Saskia van Uylenburgh, Dutch wife and model of Rembrandt (died 1642)
December 2 (baptized) - David Ryckaert III, Flemish painter, member of the Ryckaert family of artists (died 1661)
date unknown
- Michel Anguier, French sculptor (died 1686)
- Barent Avercamp, Dutch painter (died 1679)
- Baldassare Bianchi, Italian painter (died 1679)
- Abraham Bosschaert, member of the Bosschaert family of still life painters (died 1643)
- Kun Can, Chinese painter from Hunan who spent most of his life in Nanjing (died 1674)
- Francisco de Burgos Mantilla, Spanish painter (died 1672)
- Francesco Francanzano, Italian painter who participated in the Masaniello rebellion (died 1657)
- Frans Wouters, Flemish Baroque painter (died 1659)
- Zhou Lianggong, Chinese bureaucrat, poet, essayist and art historian (died 1672), patron of many important Chinese painters
probable
- Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo, Spanish Baroque portrait and landscape painter (died 1667)
- Harmen Steenwijck, Dutch painter of still lifes, notably of fruit (died 1656)
- Andries Both, Dutch genre painter (died 1642)

Deaths

March - Philip Galle, publisher of old master prints (born 1537)
May 31 - Willem Isaacsz Swanenburg, Dutch engraver (born 1580)
August 17 - Alexander Colyn, Flemish sculptor (born 1527/1529)
October 4 - Cesare Aretusi, Italian painter primarily of portraits (born 1580)
October 10 - Bernardino Poccetti, Italian Mannerist painter (born 1548)
date unknown
- Federico Barocci, Italian Renaissance painter and printmaker (born 1526)
- Giovanni Bizzelli, Italian painter (born 1556)
- Francesco Cavazzoni, Italian painter and art historian (born 1559)
- Pieter Claeissens the Younger, Flemish painter (date of birth unknown)
- Nicolas Cordier, French sculptor, painter and printmaker (born 1567)
- Dominicus Custos, Flemish printer and copperplate engraver (born 1560)
- Aert Pietersz, Dutch painter (born 1550)
- Giovanni Battista Trotti, Italian painter active mainly in his native city of Cremona (born 1555)

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