1626 in art
Events from the year 1626 in art.
Events
- Orazio Gentileschi leaves France to work for Charles I of England, where he remains for the rest of his life.
Works
- Valentin de Boulogne – Musicians and Soldiers
- Orazio Gentileschi – The Lute Player
- Frans Hals – Portrait of Isaak Abrahamsz. Massa
- Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt – George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
- Rembrandt
- *The Angel and the Prophet Balaam
- *Consul Cerialis and the Germanic Legions
- *A Musical Gathering
- *The Rest on the Flight to Egypt
- *Tobit and Anna with the Kid
- Peter Paul Rubens
- *Assumption of the Virgin Mary
- *Christ Appointing Saint Roch as Patron Saint of Plague Victims
- Diego Velázquez – ''Portrait of the Infante Don Carlos''
Births
- January – Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish landscape painter
- September 27 – Karel Dujardin, Dutch animal and landscape painter
- November 30 – Cesare Pronti, Italian painter of quadratura and allegorical figures
- date unknown
- *Federico Agnelli, Italian engraver and printer, active in Milan
- *Alessandro Badiale, Italian painter and engraver
- *Pieter Boel, Flemish painter
- *Jan van de Cappelle, Dutch Golden Age painter of seascapes and winter landscapes
- *Andrea Carlone, Italian painter
- *Carlo Cesio, Italian painter active in Rome
- *Lorenzo Tinti, Italian painter and engraver
- *Simon Ushakov, Russian graphic artist
- probable
- *Bada Shanren, Chinese calligrapher and painter of shuimohua
- *Francis Barlow, English painter, etcher, and illustrator
- *Pierre Prieur, French enamel painter
- *Jan Steen, Dutch genre painter of the Dutch Golden Age)
Deaths
- February 21 – Cardinal Odoardo Farnese, patron of the arts
- February 23 – Enea Salmeggia, Italian painter from Bergamo
- April – Antiveduto Grammatica, proto-Baroque Italian painter nicknamed Antiveduto
- September 8 – Juan Sánchez Cotán, Spanish painter
- September 9 – Abraham Govaerts, Flemish painter of cabinet works
- date unknown
- *Agustín del Castillo, Spanish painter
- *Anastasio Fontebuoni, Italian painter
- *Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli, Italian painter of frescoes and altarpieces
- *Giovanni Niccolo, Italian Jesuit painter
- *Cristoforo Roncalli, Italian painter
- *Sebastian Sebastiani, Italian sculptor and founder
- *Adriaen de Vries, Dutch sculptor
- probable – Denis van Alsloot, Flemish painter