Events from the year 1631 in art.

Events

Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (, ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker and draughtsman. An innovative and prolific master in three media, he is generally consid ...

moves to the home of Hendrick van Uylenburgh at Sint Antoniesbreestraat in Amsterdam.

Works

* Willem Claesz Heda - Still lifes * Judith Leyster - '':File:Judith Leyster The Proposition.jpg, The Rejected Offer'' * Nicolas Poussin - ''Kingdom of Flora'' *

**''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'' **'':File:B007 Rembrandt.jpg, Self portrait in a soft hat and embroidered cloak'' (etching) * José de Ribera - Landscape (Hospital de Tavera, Toledo, Spain) * Nicholas Stone - funerary monuments (London) ** :File:Saint Paul 5.jpg, John Donne (Old St Paul's Cathedral)Halliday, E. E. (1967). ''Cultural History of England''. London: Thames & Hudson. p. 154. ** Sir George Villiers and the Countess of Buckingham (Westminster Abbey) * Francisco de Zurbarán - ''Apotheosis of Saint Thomas Aquinas''

Births

*March 3 - Esaias Boursse, Netherlands, Dutch painter of genre works (died 1672 in art, 1672) *April - Cornelis de Heem, still-life painter associated with both Flemish Baroque painting, Flemish Baroque and Dutch Golden Age painting (died 1695 in art, 1695) *November 28 - Abraham Brueghel, Flemish people, Flemish painter from the famous Pieter Bruegel the Elder#Family tree, Brueghel family of artists (died 1690 in art, 1690) *''date unknown'' **Germain Audran, French engraver (died 1710 in art, 1710) **Benjamin Block, Germany, German–Hungary, Hungarian painter known for his portrait paintings (died 1690 in art, 1690) **Adriaen van der Cabel, Dutch painter (died 1705 in art, 1705) **Pompeo Ghitti, Italian painter of frescoes (died 1703 in art, 1703/1704) **Bernard Lens I, Dutch painter and writer of religious treatises (died 1707 in art, 1707) **Antonio Zanchi, Italian painter of canvases for churches in Venice (died 1722 in art, 1722) *''probable'' - Cornelis Pietersz Bega (the "Little Master"), Dutch painter, etcher and draughtsman (died 1664 in art, 1664)

Deaths

*January 20 - Jacob Matham, Dutch engraver and pen-technical drawing, draftsman (born 1571 in art, 1571) *March 28 - Juan van der Hamen, Spain, Spanish still life painter (born 1596 in art, 1596) *April 5 - Sinibaldo Scorza, Italian painter, draughtsman and etcher (born 1589 in art, 1589) *June 10 - Giovanni Serodine, Italian painter in Caravaggisti and tenebrism, tenebrist styles (born 1600 in art, 1600) *August - Arent Arentsz, Dutch painter (born 1585 in art, 1585) *October 11 - Marten Ryckaert, Flemish painter (born 1587 in art, 1587) *c. November 5 - Johann Liss, German-born painter (born c. 1597 in art, 1597) *December - Jacob Pynas, Jan Pynas, Dutch painter (born 1583 in art, 1583) *December 10 - Orazio Riminaldi, Italian Caravaggisti painter (born 1586 in art, 1586) *''date unknown'' **Matteo Ingoli, Italian painter (born 1587 in art, 1587) **Gregorius Sickinger, Swiss painter, draughtsman, and engraver (born 1558 in art, 1558) **Jan Tengnagel, Dutch painter (born 1584 in art, 1584) **Pieter van der Borcht (III), Pieter van der Borcht, Flemish painter (born 1604 in art, 1604) **Tobias Verhaecht, landscape painting, Landscape painter and drawing, draughtsman in Italy and Antwerp (born 1561 in art, 1561)

References

{{Reflist 1631 in art, Years of the 17th century in art 1630s in art