Overview of the events of 1631 in art
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Events from the year 1631 in art.
Events
- Rembrandt moves to the home of Hendrick van Uylenburgh at Sint Antoniesbreestraat in Amsterdam.
Works
- Willem Claesz Heda - Still lifes
- Judith Leyster - The Rejected Offer
- Nicolas Poussin - 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
- Self portrait in a soft hat and embroidered cloak (etching)
- José de Ribera
- Landscape (Hospital de Tavera, Toledo, Spain)
- Saint Andrew
- Nicholas Stone - funerary monuments (London)
- John Donne (Old St Paul's Cathedral)
- Sir George Villiers and the Countess of Buckingham (Westminster Abbey)
- Francisco de Zurbarán - Apotheosis of Saint Thomas Aquinas
Births
- March 3 - Esaias Boursse, Dutch painter of genre works (died 1672)
- April - Cornelis de Heem, still-life painter associated with both Flemish Baroque and Dutch Golden Age painting (died 1695)
- November 28 - Abraham Brueghel, Flemish painter from the famous Brueghel family of artists (died 1690)
- date unknown
- Germain Audran, French engraver (died 1710)
- Benjamin Block, German–Hungarian painter known for his portrait paintings (died 1690)
- Adriaen van der Cabel, Dutch painter (died 1705)
- Pompeo Ghitti, Italian painter of frescoes (died 1703/1704)
- Bernard Lens I, Dutch painter and writer of religious treatises (died 1707)
- Antonio Zanchi, Italian painter of canvases for churches in Venice (died 1722)
- probable - Cornelis Pietersz Bega (the "Little Master"), Dutch painter, etcher and draughtsman (died 1664)
Deaths
- January 20 - Jacob Matham, Dutch engraver and pen-draftsman (born 1571)
- March 28 - Juan van der Hamen, Spanish still life painter (born 1596)
- April 5 - Sinibaldo Scorza, Italian painter, draughtsman and etcher (born 1589)
- June 10 - Giovanni Serodine, Italian painter in Caravaggisti and tenebrist styles (born 1600)
- August - Arent Arentsz, Dutch painter (born 1585)
- October 11 - Marten Ryckaert, Flemish painter (born 1587)
- c. November 5 - Johann Liss, German-born painter (born c. 1597)
- December - Jan Pynas, Dutch painter (born 1583)
- December 10 - Orazio Riminaldi, Italian Caravaggisti painter (born 1586)
- date unknown
- Matteo Ingoli, Italian painter (born 1587)
- Gregorius Sickinger, Swiss painter, draughtsman, and engraver (born 1558)
- Jan Tengnagel, Dutch painter (born 1584)
- Pieter van der Borcht, Flemish painter (born 1604)
- Tobias Verhaecht, Landscape painter and draughtsman in Italy and Antwerp (born 1561)
References
- Halliday, E. E. (1967). Cultural History of England. London: Thames & Hudson. p. 154.