1611 in art
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- Frans HalsFrans HalsFrans Hals was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He is notable for his loose painterly brushwork, and helped introduce this lively style of painting into Dutch art. Hals was also instrumental in the evolution of 17th century group portraiture.-Biography:Hals was born in 1580 or 1581, in Antwerp...
- Jacobus Zaffius (his first known painting)
Births
- February 24 (bapt.) - William DobsonWilliam DobsonWilliam Dobson was a portraitist and one of the first notable English painters, praised by his contemporary John Aubrey as "the most excellent painter that England has yet bred"....
, EnglishEnglish peopleThe English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
portrait painter (d. 16461646 in art-Births:*April 20 - Giacinto Calandrucci, Italian painter at the studio of Carlo Maratta *August 8 - Godfrey Kneller, portrait painter in England *date unknown**Andrea Belvedere, Italian painter...
) - March 15 - Jan FytJan FytJan Fyt was a Flemish Baroque animal painter and etcher.-Life:...
, FlemishCounty of FlandersThe County of Flanders was one of the territories constituting the Low Countries. The county existed from 862 to 1795. It was one of the original secular fiefs of France and for centuries was one of the most affluent regions in Europe....
animal painter and etcherEtchingEtching is the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio in the metal...
(d. 16611661 in art-Births:* Scipione Angelini – Italian painter best known for still lifes * Antoine Coypel – French painter * Lucas de Valdés – Spanish painter and engraver of the Baroque period...
) - April 17 - Simone PignoniSimone PignoniSimone Pignoni was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.He apprenticed with Fabrizio Boschi, then with the more academic and puritanical Domenico Passignano, and finally with Francesco Furini. He is best known for painting in a style reminiscent of the morbidly sensual Furini. Reflective of...
, Italian painter of both licentious then later pious works (d. 16981698 in art-Births:* Gaudenzio Botti – Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Brescia * Giovanni Francesco Braccioli – Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Ferrara...
) - August 4 - Jan van den HoeckeJan van den HoeckeJan van den Hoecke , also known as Johannes or Giovanni and van Hoek, van Hoeck, or Vanhoek, was a Flemish Baroque painter and draughtsman. He was born and died in Antwerp.-Biography:...
, Antwerp painter and draftsman (d. 16511651 in art-Events:* Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi or "Fountain of the Four Rivers" completed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini-Paintings:* Diego Velázquez – Rokeby Venus-Births:*August 13 - Balthasar Permoser, Austrian sculptor *date unknown...
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- Giovanni Battista BologniniGiovanni Battista BologniniGiovanni Battista Bolognini was an Italian painter and engraver of the Baroque. He was born and died at Bologna. He was a pupil of Guido Reni. He painted a Virgin and child with St. Dominic, St. Eustatius, and Mary Magdalene for Santa Maria Nuova. He painted a Dead Christ mourned by the Virgin, St...
, Italian painter and engraver (d. 16681668 in art-Events:*The Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford is completed, to a design by Sir Christopher Wren.-Works:*Charles Le Brun – La Colère*Johannes Vermeer – The Astronomer-Births:*date unknown**Francesco Maria Schiaffino, Italian sculptor...
) - Charles Alphonse du FresnoyCharles Alphonse du FresnoyCharles Alphonse du Fresnoy , French painter and writer on his art, was born in Paris, son of an apothecary.He was destined for the medical profession, and well educated in Latin and Greek; but, having a natural propensity for the fine arts, he would not apply to his intended vocation, and was...
, painter (d. 16651665 in art-Events:* April – Gian Lorenzo Bernini arrives in Paris, where he remains until November, fêted by the population.* Claude Perrault begins work on the eastern wing of the Louvre.-Works:...
) - Pietro TestaPietro TestaPietro Testa was an Italian High Baroque artist, best known, both to his contemporaries and modern appreciation, as a printmaker and draftsman, who was active in Rome.-Biography:...
, Italian High BaroqueBaroqueThe Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
artist (d. 16501650 in art- Paintings :*Claude Lorrain – Coast Scene with the landing of Aeneas and View of La Crescenza*Gerard Dou – The Dutch Housewife*Aniello Falcone – The Anchorite-Births:...
) - Giovanni Francesco CassanaGiovanni Francesco CassanaGiovanni Francesco Cassana was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Genoa. He was a pupil of the painter Strozzi. His pupils include his son Niccolò Cassana, Niccolò Bambini, and Giovanni Battista Langetti. He was known as a portrait artists. He passed some time at the Court...
, Italian portrait painter (d. 16911691 in art-Events:*William Fermor, 1st Baron Leominster, buys the Metrological Relief, now on display at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.-Births:*January 16 - Peter Scheemakers, Flemish Roman Catholic sculptor *June 2 - Nicolau Nasoni, artist and architect -Events:*William Fermor, 1st Baron Leominster, buys...
) - Baldassare FranceschiniBaldassare Franceschinithumb|Portrait of Cardinal [[Gian Carlo de' Medici]].Baldassare Franceschini was an Italian late Baroque painter active mainly around Florence...
, late ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
BaroqueBaroqueThe Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
painter of frescoFrescoFresco is any of several related mural painting types, executed on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Greek word affresca which derives from the Latin word for "fresh". Frescoes first developed in the ancient world and continued to be popular through the Renaissance...
es (d. 16891689 in art-Births:*July - Szymon Czechowicz, Polish painter *November 24 - Frans van Mieris jr., Dutch painter *date unknown**Jiao Bingzhen, Chinese painter of the Qing dynasty...
) - Diego Quispe TitoDiego Quispe TitoDiego Quispe Tito was a Peruvian painter. He is considered the leader of the Cuzco School of painting.The son of a noble Inca family, Quispe Tito was born in Cuzco, and worked throughout his life in the district of San Sebastián; his house is still extant, and shows his coat of arms on its door...
, PeruPeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
vian painter, leader of the Cuzco SchoolCuzco SchoolThe Cuzco School was a Roman Catholic artistic tradition based in Cusco, Peru during the Colonial period, in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries...
of painting (d. 16811681 in art-Births: *April 18 – Girolamo Donnini, Italian painter of the Baroque period *December 14 – Giuseppe Valentini, Italian violinist, painter, poet, and composer *date unknown**Francesco Conti, Italian Venetian painter...
) - Francesco GuarinoFrancesco GuarinoFrancesco Guarino was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in the mountainous area east of Naples called Irpinia, and in other areas of Campania, Puglia, and Molise....
, Italian painter active mainly in the mountainous area east of NaplesNaplesNaples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
called IrpiniaIrpiniaIrpinia is a region of the Apennine Mountains around Avellino, a town in Campania, South Italy about 40 km east of Naples...
(d. 1651/16541651 in art-Events:* Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi or "Fountain of the Four Rivers" completed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini-Paintings:* Diego Velázquez – Rokeby Venus-Births:*August 13 - Balthasar Permoser, Austrian sculptor *date unknown...
) - Francesco QuainiFrancesco QuainiFrancesco Quaini was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.Born in Bologna, he started as a pupil of the renowned quadratura master, Agostino Mitelli. Working together with Marcantonio Franceschini, In Bologna, Francesco painted in several public buildings, including the decoration of the Sala...
, Italian painter of quadratura (d. 16801680 in art-Events:*Following the death of Sir Peter Lely, Godfrey Kneller is appointed Principal Painter to the Crown by King Charles II of England.-Births:*January 3 - Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German painter and stucco plasterer *date unknown...
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- Giovanni Battista Bolognini
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- Antonio de PeredaAntonio de PeredaAntonio de Pereda was a Spanish Baroque-era painter, best known for his still lifes. Pereda was born in Valladolid. He was the eldest of three brothers from an artistic family. His father, mother and two brothers were all painters. He was educated in Madrid by Pedro de las Cuevas and was taken...
, SpanishSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
painter (d. 16781678 in art-Births:*June 3 - Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, Italian painter, sculptor and architect *date unknown**Giovanni Francesco Bagnoli, Italian painter of still-life paintings **Antonio Baroni, Italian painter active in Verona...
) - Sebastiano MazzoniSebastiano MazzoniSebastiano Mazzoni was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.Born in Florence, he trained in that city during 1632-33 in the studio of Baccio del Bianco. He then moved to Venice in 1648, and stayed there till his death. He painted a somewhat unusual Annunciation with a hovering ghostly angel...
, Italian who painted with unresolved dynamismDynamism (metaphysics)Dynamism is a metaphysical concept conceived by Gottfried Leibniz and developed into a full system of cosmology. Dynamism in metaphysical cosmology explains the material world in terms of active, pointlike forces, with no extension but with action at a distance...
and from awkward perspectives (d. 16781678 in art-Births:*June 3 - Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, Italian painter, sculptor and architect *date unknown**Giovanni Francesco Bagnoli, Italian painter of still-life paintings **Antonio Baroni, Italian painter active in Verona...
) - Willem van de Velde the ElderWillem van de Velde the ElderWillem van de Velde the Elder was a Dutch Golden Age seascape painter.-Biographical Outline:Willem van de Velde, known as the Elder, a marine draughtsman and painter, was born in Leiden, the son of a Flemish skipper, Willem Willemsz. van de Velde, and is commonly said to have been bred to the sea...
, Dutch painter (d. 16931693 in art-Paintings:* Wang Hui – A Thousand Peaks and Myriad Ravines-Births:* David Cornock* Hans Phillips Zumwalt* Andrea del Verrocchio, Italian sculptor, painter, silversmith * Placido Campolo – Italian painter of the late-Baroque period...
) - Fra Bonaventura BisiFra Bonaventura BisiFra Bonaventura Bisi was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was also called Padre Pittorini, because was a Franciscan monk in his native Bologna. He was a pupil of Lucio Massari, and made miniature copies from the works of Correggio, Titian, and Guido Reni among others, which were...
,Italian painter (d. 16621662 in art-Paintings:*The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis * Ex-Voto de 1662 by Philippe de Champaigne*Rembrandt van Rijn – The Sampling Officials-Births:* Pierre Gobert, French painter...
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- Antonio de Pereda
- (b. 1611/1612) - Hendrick Cornelisz. van VlietHendrick Cornelisz. van VlietHendrick Cornelisz van Vliet was a Dutch Golden Age painter remembered mostly for his church interiors.-Biography:...
– Dutch painter (d. 16751675 in art-Births:*April 29 – Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, Italian decorative and mural painter from Venice *June 23 – Louis de Silvestre, French painter *October 7 = Rosalba Carriera, Venetian Rococo painter especially of portrait miniatures...
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Deaths
- January - Anton MöllerAnton MöllerAnton Möller was a German painter and draughtsman.Möller was born in Königsberg. He primarily painted religious themed works. He also produced a number of woodcuts. Möller died in Danzig in 1611 .-References:...
, Polish painter (b. 15631563 in art-Events:* The Medici court astronomer Fra Ignazio Danti paints 57 maps at the Palazzo Vecchio.-Paintings:* Pieter Brueghel the Elder paints "The Tower of Babel" – The Tower of Babel .* Giuseppe Arcimboldo paints The Four Seasons series....
) - August - Bartholomeus SprangerBartholomeus SprangerBartholomeus Spranger was a Flemish Northern Mannerist painter, draughtsman, and etcher. He was born in Antwerp in the Habsburg Netherlands .-Biography:...
, Flemish Northern Mannerist painter, draughtsman, and etcher (b. 15461546 in art-Events:The plan for the new St. Peter's Basilica dome which was begun by Bramante, was continued by the new chief architect Michelangelo-Paintings:* Domenico Beccafumi – Pagan Child Couple* Jacopo Bassano – The Adoration of the Shepherds-Births:...
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- Luigi BenfattoLuigi BenfattoLuigi Benfatto was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period. He was born at Verona, was the nephew and pupil of Paolo Veronese. He painted Glory of the saint for the church of St. Nicholas and pictures of St. Marta for the Chiesa di Santa Marta. He is also called Luigi Alvise dal...
, Italian painter, nephew of Paolo VeronesePaolo VeronesePaolo Veronese was an Italian painter of the Renaissance in Venice, famous for paintings such as The Wedding at Cana and The Feast in the House of Levi...
(b. 15511551 in art-Births:* Luigi Benfatto – Italian painter, nephew of Paolo Veronese * Jacopo Chimenti – Italian late-mannerist painter * Camillo Procaccini, Italian painter, in 1571 a student in the Bolognese painters’ guild -Deaths:...
) - Ludovico ButiLudovico ButiLudovico Buti was an Italian painter, active mostly in Florence.Belonging to the late-Mannerist period, he worked along with more famous figures as Alessandro Allori, Bernardino Poccetti or Santi di Tito on large projects, including the decoration of certain ceilings of the Uffizi and the Grand...
, Italian painter active mostly in Florence (b. 15601560 in art-Births:* November 3 – Annibale Carracci, Italian painter * Ludovico Buti – Italian painter active mostly in Florence * Baldassare d'Anna – Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period * Bartolomeo Carducci – Italian painter...
) - Sun KehongSun KehongSūn Kèhóng ; ca. 1533-1611 was a Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet during the Ming Dynasty ....
, ChineseChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet (b. 15331533 in art-Works:*Hans Holbein - The Ambassadors*Hans Holbein - Thomas Cromwell -Births:* Giovanni Battista da Ponte – Italian painter active in Venice and his native Bassano...
) - Camillo MarianiCamillo MarianiCamillo Mariani was an Italian sculptor of the early Baroque.He was born in Vicenza. He apprenticed in the studio of the prominent Venetian Mannerist sculptor Alessandro Vittoria, but moved to Rome in 1597. His first works in Rome were stucco statuary for the churches of San Bernardo alle Terme ...
, Italian sculptor of the early Baroque (b. 15651565 in art-Works:-Paintings:* Pieter Bruegel the Elder paints the cycle of the seasons:**The Hunters in the Snow in the Kunsthistorisches Museum.**The Gloomy Day in the Kunsthistorisches Museum....
) - Barthélemy PrieurBarthélemy PrieurBarthélemy Prieur was a French sculptor.Prieur was born to a Huguenot family in Berzieux, Champagne . He traveled to Italy, where he worked from 1564 to 1568 for Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy in Turin...
, FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
sculptor (b. 15361536 in art-Painting:* Bramantino – The Flight into Egypt * Hans Holbein – Henry VIII* Titian – La Belle-Births:...
) - Marco VecellioMarco VecellioMarco Vecellio was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. He was also called Marco di Tiziano, since he was Titian's nephew. He was born and active mainly in Venice. He accompanied his distinguished uncle in the journeys to Rome and Germany. He was the favorite pupil of Titian, and...
, Italian painter, nephew of TitianTitianTiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488/1490 – 27 August 1576 better known as Titian was an Italian painter, the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near...
(b. 15451545 in art-Paintings:* Lucas Cranach the Younger – The Conversion of St. Paul-Sculpture:* Hans Gieng of Fribourg completes work on the fountains of Bern in Switzerland.-Births:...
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- Luigi Benfatto
- probable - Jan SoensJan SoensJan Soens , also known as Giovanni Sons, was a Dutch painter from 's-Hertogenbosch.-Biography:According to Karel van Mander he moved to Antwerp to live with a schoolmaster named Jacob Boon, whereupon he taught himself the rudiments of painting...
, DutchNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
painter from 's-Hertogenbosch (b. 15471547 in art-Events:* Edward VI of England issues Reformation injunctions which leads to the destruction of many rood screens, and many religious works painted over-Paintings:* Andrea Schiavone – Adoration of the Magi* Titian – Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos...
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