1627 in art

Events

• January 25 - Dutch painter Johannes van der Beeck is found guilty of "blasphemy against God and avowed atheism, at the same time as leading a frightful and pernicious lifestyle."
• The Fontana della Barcaccia in Rome is engineered by Gian Lorenzo Bernini with help from his father.

Works

• Rembrandt
• *The Flight into Egypt (Rembrandt)
• *The Gold Weigher
• *St. Paul in Prison
• Francisco Ribalta – Christ Embracing St. Bernard
• Peter Paul Rubens – Albert and Nicolaas Rubens
• Anthony van Dyck – The Lomellini Family
• Adam Willaerts – ''Ships on a Dutch roadstead''

Births

• May 16 – Willem van Aelst, Dutch artist
• August 2 – Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten
• date unknown
• *Francisco Caro, Spanish Baroque painter
• *Alexander Coosemans, Flemish Baroque still-life painter
• *Josse de Corte, French sculptor
• *Philip Fruytiers, Flemish painter
• *Onorio Marinari, Italian painter
• *Jan Siberechts, Flemish painter
• *Domenico Piola, Genoese painter
• *Matthias Withoos, Dutch painter of still lifes and city scenes
• *Ippolito Galantini – Italian painter and monk
• probable
• *Jan de Bray, Dutch painter
• *Hendrik Graauw, Dutch Golden Age painter
• *Jan Thopas, Dutch portraitist

Deaths

• March - Ippolito Borghese, Italian painter
• March 10 - Giovanni Battista Paggi, Italian painter
• May 3 - Francesco Zucco, Italian painter
• May 20 - Giovanni Paolo Cavagna, Italian painter
• June - Sir Nathaniel Bacon, painter of kitchen and market scenes with large vegetables, fruit, and buxom maids
• August 5 - Aart Jansz Druyvesteyn, Dutch Golden Age painter
• August 27 - Francesco Maria del Monte, Italian Cardinal and arts patron
• date unknown
• *Piermaria Bagnadore, Italian painter and architect
• *Tiberio di Tito, Italian painter of portraits, including small pencil portraits
• *Bartolomé González y Serrano, Spanish Baroque portrait painter
• *Jacopo Ligozzi, Italian painter, illustrator, designer, and miniaturist of the late Renaissance and early Mannerist styles
• *Juan de Mesa, Spanish sculptor
• *Adam van Vianen, Dutch Golden Age medallist, engraver and silversmith
• *1627/1632: Rafael Sadeler II, Flemish engraver of the Sadeler family