1603 in art explained

Events from the year 1603 in art.

Events

March 2 - Pietro Novelli, Italian painter, architect and stage set designer (died 1647)
June 3 - Pietro Paolini, Italian painter of still lifes and cabinet pictures (died 1681)
date unknown
- Pieter Jansz van Asch, Dutch painter (died 1678)
- Cornelis Bloemaert, Dutch painter and engraver (died 1692)
- Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst Dutch painter and engraver of the Baroque period (died 1661)
- Paolo Antonio Barbieri, Italian painter who was the brother of Guercino (died 1649)
- Filippo Brizzi, Italian painter (died 1675)
- Giovanni Battista Carlone, Italian painter active mainly in Genoa (died 1684)
- Pietro della Vecchia, Italian painter of grotesque paintings and portraitures (died 1678)
- Hans Ulrich Franck, German historical painter and etcher (died 1675)
- Mario Nuzzi, Italian painter specializing in still life painting of flower arrangements (died 1673)
- Paulus Pontius, Flemish engraver (died 1658)
- Giovanni Quagliata, Italian painter of frescos and large canvases depicting historical and religious subjects (died 1673)
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- Adriaen Hanneman, Dutch painter best known for his portraits of the exiled British royal court (died 1671)
- Aert van der Neer, Dutch painter (died 1677)
- Abraham Willaerts, Dutch marine painter (died 1669)

July 23 - Santi di Tito, Italian painter of Late-Mannerist or proto-Baroque style (born 1536)
August/September - Hendrik van Steenwijk I, Dutch painter, earliest-known painter of architectural interiors (born 1550)
December 4 - Marten de Vos, Antwerp painter and draughtsman (born 1532)
date unknown
- Étienne Dumonstier, French Renaissance portrait painter (born 1540)
- Pieter Pietersz the Elder, Dutch painter (born 1540)
- Joos van Winghe, Flemish painter (born 1544)