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Events from the year 1602 in art.

Events

March 4 - Kanō Tanyū, Japanese painter (died 1674)
May 26 - Philippe de Champaigne, Brabançon-born French Baroque portrait painter (died 1674)
date unknown
- Andrea Camassei, Italian painter active in Rome under the patronage of the Barberini (died 1649)
- Francesco Costanzo Cattaneo, Italian painter of primarily soldiers and banditti (died 1665)
- Michelangelo Cerquozzi, Italian painter of small canvases of genre scenes (died 1660)
- Anthonie Palamedesz., Dutch painter (died 1673)
- Antonio de Puga, Spanish Baroque painter (died 1648)
- Evert van Aelst, Dutch painter of still lifes (died 1657)
probable
- Jacobus Mancadan, Dutch Golden Age painter mostly known for his pastoral landscapes (died 1680)
- Abel Schrøder, Danish woodcarver (died 1676)
- Salomon van Ruysdael, Dutch Golden Age landscape painter (died 1670)

March 22 - Agostino Carracci, Italian printmaker (born 1557)
August 23 - Sebastiano Filippi, Italian late Renaissance-Mannerist painter of the School of Ferrara (born 1536)
October 7 - Thomas Schweicker, disabled German painter and calligrapher (born 1540)
November 22 - Toussaint Dubreuil, French painter (born 1561)
date unknown
- Giacomo della Porta, Italian architect and sculptor (born c.1533)
- Aert Mijtens, Flemish Renaissance painter (born 1541)
- Jan Nagel, Dutch painter (born c.1560)
- Daniël van den Queborn, Dutch painter (born 1552)
probable
- Pierre Courteys, French enamel painters of Limoges, designer and colorist (born unknown)
- Santi di Tito, Italian painter of Late-Mannerist or proto-Baroque style (born 1536)
- Adrian Vanson, Flemish court portrait painter (born unknown)