1631 in art
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Paintings
- Willem Claesz Heda - still lifeStill lifeA still life is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural or man-made...
s. - José de Ribera painted landscape, in the Hospital de Tavera in Toledo, SpainToledo, SpainToledo's Alcázar became renowned in the 19th and 20th centuries as a military academy. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 its garrison was famously besieged by Republican forces.-Economy:...
. - Nicolas PoussinNicolas PoussinNicolas Poussin was a French painter in the classical style. His work predominantly features clarity, logic, and order, and favors line over color. His work serves as an alternative to the dominant Baroque style of the 17th century...
- Kingdom of Flora. - Rembrandt
- Presentation in the Temple (usually called "Simeon in the Temple"), the earliest important composition of the artist known.
- Simeon's Song of Praise
- Christ Alone
- The Crucifixion.
Births
- March 3 - Esaias BoursseEsaias BoursseEsaias Boursse , was a Dutch painter. His paintings were mainly genre works.- Biography :He was born in Amsterdam, the youngest son of immigrants from Wallonia. His parents, Jacques Boursse and Anna des Forest, married in 1618 in Amsterdam...
, 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 of genre works (d. 16721672 in art-Paintings: *Kanō Tanyū – 春景図 -Births:*October 18 – Giuseppe Antonio Caccioli, Italian painter *date unknown**Alberto Carlieri – Italian painter of the late-Baroque period...
) - April - Cornelis de HeemCornelis de HeemCornelis de Heem was a still-life painter associated with both Flemish Baroque and Dutch Golden Age painting...
, still-life painter associated with both Flemish BaroqueFlemish Baroque paintingFlemish Baroque painting is the art produced in the Southern Netherlands between about 1585, when the Dutch Republic was split from the Habsburg Spain regions to the south by the recapturing of Antwerp by the Spanish, until about 1700, when Habsburg authority ended with the death of King Charles II...
and Dutch Golden Age paintingDutch Golden Age paintingDutch Golden Age painting is the painting of the Dutch Golden Age, a period in Dutch history generally spanning the 17th century, during and after the later part of the Eighty Years War for Dutch independence. The new Dutch Republic was the most prosperous nation in Europe, and led European trade,...
(d. 16951695 in art-Paintings:* Mei Qing paints Two Immortals on Huangshan-Births:* Miguel Cabrera – Indigenous Zapotec painter, * Laurent Delvaux – French sculptor * Elias Gottlob Haussmann – German painter in the late Baroque era...
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- Benjamin BlockBenjamin BlockBenjamin Block, or Blok was a seventeenth century German - Hungarian Baroque painter who married the flower painter Anna Katharina Block. He is known for his portrait paintings.-Biography:...
, GermanGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
–HungarianHungaryHungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
painter known for his portrait paintings (d. 16901690 in art-Events:*Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer leaves France for England, where he produces a series of decorative panels for Montagu House, Bloomsbury.-Births:*January 22 - Nicolas Lancret, French painter...
) - Abraham BrueghelAbraham BrueghelAbraham Brueghel was a Flemish painter from the famous family of artists. He was the son of Jan Brueghel the Younger, the grandson of Jan Brueghel the Elder and the great-grandson of Pieter Brueghel the Elder.-Early life:...
, FlemishFlemish peopleThe Flemings or Flemish are the Dutch-speaking inhabitants of Belgium, where they are mostly found in the northern region of Flanders. They are one of two principal cultural-linguistic groups in Belgium, the other being the French-speaking Walloons...
painter from the famous BrueghelBrueghelBrueghel or Bruegel was the name of several Dutch/Flemish painters from the same family line:* Pieter Bruegel the Elder — The most famous member of the family and the only one to sign his paintings as 'Bruegel' without the H....
family of artists (d. 16901690 in art-Events:*Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer leaves France for England, where he produces a series of decorative panels for Montagu House, Bloomsbury.-Births:*January 22 - Nicolas Lancret, French painter...
) - Adriaen van der CabelAdriaen van der CabelAdriaen van der Cabel or Ary van der Touw , was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter active in France and Italy.-Biography:He was born and grew up in the small town of Rijswijk, near The Hague. Cabel was also known as Ary...
, Dutch painter (d. 17051705 in art-Births:*February 15 – Charles-André van Loo, French subject painter , and a younger brother of Jean-Baptiste van Loo*August 18 – Emanuel Büchel, Swiss painter *date unknown**Andrea Casali – Italian painter of the Rococo period...
) - Pompeo GhittiPompeo GhittiPompeo Ghitti was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in and in towns surrounding Brescia.He was born in the village of Marone at the shores of lake Iseo, near Brescia. He was a pupil of the painters Ottavio Amigoni and Angelo Everardi, and then of Giovanni Battista Discepoli...
, Italian 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. 1703/17041703 in art-Births:*February 18 - Corrado Giaquinto, Italian Rococo painter *September 29 - François Boucher, French Rococo painter, engraver and designer *date unknown**Sir Henry Cheere, 1st Baronet, English sculptor...
) - Antonio ZanchiAntonio ZanchiAntonio Zanchi was an Italian painter of the Baroque, active mainly in Venice. He was born in Este and trained with Francesco Ruschi. His masterpiece was the canvas on the Plague of Venice painted for the Scuola di San Rocco. He also painted a number of canvases in the Venetian church of Santa...
, Italian painter of canvases for churches in VeniceVeniceVenice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
(d. 17221722 in art-Births:*March 6 – Johann Christian Brand, Austrian painter *July 16 – Joseph Wilton, English sculptor and a founding member of the Royal Academy *October 3 – Johann Heinrich Tischbein, member of the Tischbein dynasty of German painters...
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- Benjamin Block
- probable - Cornelis Pietersz BegaCornelis Pietersz BegaCornelis Pietersz Bega, or Cornelis Pietersz Begijn was a Dutch painter and engraver.He lived and worked in Haarlem and was the son of sculptor and goldsmith Pieter Jansz. Begijn. His mother Maria was the daughter of the Haarlem painter Cornelis van Haarlem. He assumed the name Bega when he...
(the "Little Master"), Dutch painter, etcher and draughtsman (d. 16641664 in art-Paintings:* Claude Lorrain - Landscape with Psyche outside the Palace of Cupid -Births:* Torii Kiyonobu I – Japanese painter and printmaker in the ukiyo-e style, especially on Kabuki signboards...
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Deaths
- March 28 - Juan van der HamenJuan van der HamenJuan van der Hamen y ' León was a Spanish painter, a master of the still life paintings, also called bodegones. During his lifetime, he was prolific and versatile, painting allegories, landscapes, and large-scale works for churches and convents. However, today he is remembered mostly for his...
, 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...
still lifeStill lifeA still life is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural or man-made...
painter (b. 15961596 in art-Paintings:Caravaggio - The Lute Player 1596-Births:*January 13 - Jan van Goyen, Dutch landscape painter *February 2 - Jacob van Campen, Dutch artist and architect of the Golden Age...
) - June 10 - Giovanni SerodineGiovanni SerodineGiovanni Serodine was an Italian painter of the early Baroque period.Born to a Lombard family of stuccoists in Ascona in Canton Ticino , he gravitated while in Rome and there developed an idiosyncratic expression of Carravaggist style...
, Italian painter in CaravaggistiCaravaggistiThe Caravaggisti were stylistic followers of the 16th century Italian Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. His influence on the new Baroque style that eventually emerged from Mannerism was profound. Caravaggio never established a workshop as most other painters did, and thus had no...
and tenebristTenebrismTenebrism, from the Italian tenebroso , is a style of painting using very pronounced chiaroscuro, where there are violent contrasts of light and dark, and darkness becomes a dominating feature of the image...
styles (b. 16001600 in art-Works:* Caravaggio**The Calling of St Matthew**The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew* El Greco - View of Toledo-Births:*May - Andrea Vaccaro, Italian Caravaggisti painter in a tenebrist style *date unknown...
) - December 10 - Orazio RiminaldiOrazio RiminaldiOrazio Riminaldi was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.Riminaldi was born at Pisa. He was a pupil of the painter Ranieri Borghetti, then Aurelio Lomi, and finally Orazio Gentileschi. He painted in a Caravaggist style in Rome, and returned to Pisa, ultimately choosing a muted style. He...
, Italian CaravaggistiCaravaggistiThe Caravaggisti were stylistic followers of the 16th century Italian Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. His influence on the new Baroque style that eventually emerged from Mannerism was profound. Caravaggio never established a workshop as most other painters did, and thus had no...
painter (b. 15861586 in art-Births:*date unknown**Giovanni Stefano Marucelli, Italian painter and architect active mainly in Tuscany **Orazio Riminaldi, Italian Caravaggisti painter of the Baroque period...
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- Arent ArentszArent ArentszArent Arentsz, also known as Cabel, was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.-Biography:Arentsz was born and died in Amsterdam. According to the RKD he signed his works with the monogram AA. He is known for summer and winter landscapes, mostly of hunting and fishing scenes...
, Dutch painter (b. 15851585 in art-Events:*Approximate start date of Flemish Baroque painting.*The Eclectic Academy of painting, also called the Accademia degli Incamminati, is founded in Bologna by Ludovico Carracci and others....
) - Matteo IngoliMatteo IngoliMatteo Ingoli was an Italian painter of the early-Baroque period.Born in Ravenna. He painted two canvases, the Baptism and Presentation of Mary to temple for the church of San Lorenzo in Castelli Calepio.-References:...
, Italian painter (b. 15871587 in art-Events:* Statue of Trajan is replaced, by order of Pope Sixtus V, with the statue of Saint Peter on the Column of Trajan.-Births:*May - Esaias van de Velde, Dutch landscape painter *date unknown...
) - Gregorius SickingerGregorius SickingerGregorius Sickinger was a Swiss painter, draughtsman, and engraver.Sickinger was born in Solothurn. He had 5 brothers and sisters, and was re-married after the death of his first wife. Sickinger worked primarily with woodcuts often used in book illustrations. He died penniless in...
, Swiss painter, draughtsman, and engraver (b. 15581558 in art-Events:* Benvenuto Cellini begins writing his influential autobiography on his life and goldsmith's art, sculpture, and design-Works:-Paintings:* Pieter Bruegel the Elder – Landscape with the Fall of Icarus...
) - Jan TengnagelJan TengnagelJan Tengnagel was a Flemish draughtsman and painter.Tengnagel was born and died in Amsterdam, but travelled and lived in Italy for a time. His works were largely on a biblical theme. He was an officer of the Guild of Saint Luke in Amsterdam, and later held political office. Tengnagel died in...
, Dutch painter (b. 15841584 in art-Events:* Giacomo della Porta completes facade of Il Gesu* Dutch Golden Age painting begins-Births:*date unknown**Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo – Italian painter active mainly in Genoa...
) - Tobias VerhaechtTobias VerhaechtTobias Verhaecht was a painter and draughtsman active in Antwerp, Florence and Rome. Primarily a landscape painter, his style is indebted to mannerist world landscapes of artists like Joachim Patinir with high viewpoints, fantastic distant perspectives and three-colour scheme. Before Verhaecht...
, Landscape painter and draughtsmanDrawingDrawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...
in ItalyItalyItaly , 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...
and Antwerp (b. 15611561 in art-Births:* Toussaint Dubreuil, French painter * Antonio Mohedano – Spanish painter of the Renaissance period * Tobias Verhaecht – Landscape painter and draughtsman in Italy and Antwerp...
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- Arent Arentsz