1620 in art

Events

• Anthony van Dyck, at the instigation of George Villiers, Marquess of Buckingham, visits England for the first time where he spends about four months and works for King James. In London, in the collection of the Earl of Arundel, he first sees the work of Titian.

Works

• Jan Brueghel the Younger - Paradise
• Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech - Merry Company
• Cecco del Caravaggio - Resurrection
• Claude Deruet
• * Road to Calvary
• * The Triumph of the Amazons
• Artemisia Gentileschi - Judith Decapitating Holofernes
• Orazio Gentileschi - Judith and Holofernes
• Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
• * Margaret Laton
• * Portrait of a woman in red
• Jacob Jordaens - The Satyr and the Farmer's Family
• Judith Leyster - Jester with a Lute
• Nicholas Stone - Tomb of Elizabeth Carey
• Anthony van Dyck
• * The Apostle Judas Thaddaeus
• * The Continence of Scipio
• * The Betrayal of Christ
• * The Betrayal of Christ
• * The Betrayal of Christ
• Gerard van Honthorst - The Adoration of the shepherds
• Diego Velázquez - ''The Nun Jerónima de la Fuente''

Births

• January 17 - Anton Janson, Dutch typographer and printmaker
• April 21 - Salvatore Castiglione, Italian painter of landscapes and pastoral subjects
• May 23 - Pieter Neeffs II, Flemish Baroque painter who specialized in architectural interiors of churches
• October 1 - Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, Dutch painter of pastoral landscapes
• October 16 - Pierre Paul Puget, French painter, sculptor, architect and engineer
• October 20 - Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch landscape painter
• date unknown
• *Clemente Bocciardo, Italian painter
• *Giovanni Battista Bonacina, Italian painter and engraver of the Baroque period
• *Domenico Maria Canuti, Italian painter active mainly in Bologna and Rome
• *Theresa Maria Coriolano, Italian engraver of the Baroque period
• *Juan de Zurbarán, Spanish Baroque painter
• *Cosimo Fancelli, Italian sculptor
• *Jan Goedart, Dutch painter famous for his illustrations of insects
• *Bendix Grodtschilling, Danish painter and carpenter
• *Nicolas Jarry, French calligrapher
• *Louis Lerambert, French sculptor from family of artists
• *Andrea Giacomo Podesta, Italian engraver and painter
• *Santo Rinaldi, Italian painter of battle scenes, landscapes, and vedute
• *Flaminio Torre, Italian painter of churches in Bologna
• probable
• *Abraham van Beijeren, Dutch painter
• *Giovanni Battista Bonacina, Italian painter and engraver
• *Frederik Bouttats the Younger, Flemish engraver
• *Giovanni Battista Cavazza, Italian painter and engraver
• *Willem Eversdijck, Dutch portrait painter
• *Albert Flamen, Dutch engraver
• *Gury Nikitin, was a Russian painter and iconographer
• *Antonio Maria Vassallo, Italian painter of mythologic scenes and still-lifes

Deaths

• June 16 - Carlo Saraceni, Italian painter of landscapes, cabinet paintings, and altarpieces
• September - Aart van Antum, marine painter
• October 28 - Scarsellino, Italian Mannerist painter of the School of Ferrara
• date unknown
• *Abel Grimmer, Flemish painter
• *Antonio Viviani, Italian painter of frescoes
• *Wu Bin, Chinese landscape painter during the Ming dynasty
• probable
• *Giuseppe Agellio, Italian painter
• *Francesco Brenti, Italian painter
• *Jan Collaert II, Flemish engraver and printmaker