Events from the year 1601 in art.

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  Caravaggio, Crucifixion of St. Peter
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  Caravaggio, Supper at Emmaus
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  Caravaggio, The Conversion of Saint Paul
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  Caravaggio, Conversion on the Way to Damascus
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  Annibale Carracci, Assumption of the Virgin

• Caravaggio
  • The Conversion of Saint Paul (1600-1601)
  • Conversion on the Way to Damascus
  • Crucifixion of St. Peter
  • Supper at Emmaus
• Annibale Carracci - Assumption of the Virgin (1600-1601, Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome)
• Peter Paul Rubens - The Deposition

• January 19 - Guido Cagnacci, Italian painter of the Bolognese School (died 1663)
• March 19 - Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter, architect and sculptor (died 1667)
• September 13 - Jan Brueghel the Younger, Flemish painter (died 1678)
• November 15 - Cecco Bravo, Florentine painter of the Baroque period (died 1661)
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  • Hendrick Bloemaert, Dutch Golden Age painter (died 1672)
  • Pieter de Bloot, Dutch painter (died 1658)
  • Martin Droeshout, engraver (died 1650)
  • Shi Kefa, Chinese government official and calligrapher (died 1645)
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  • Simon de Vlieger, painter (died 1653)
  • Paulus Bor, Dutch painter (died 1669)
  • Michel Corneille the Elder, French painter, etcher, and engraver (died 1664)

• May 10 - Hans van Steenwinckel the Elder, Flemish/Danish sculptor and architect (born 1550)
• July 24 - Joris Hoefnagel, Flemish painter and engraver (born 1542)
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  • Giovanni Alberti, Italian painter (born 1558)
  • Giacomo del Duca, Italian sculptor (born 1520)
  • Zacharias Dolendo, Dutch engraver (born 1561)
  • Teodoro Ghisi, Italian engraver (born 1536)
  • Hugues Sambin, French sculptor and woodworker (born 1520)
  • Paris Nogari, Italian painter (born 1536)
  • Cesare Vecellio, Italian engraver and painter (born 1530)