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, 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
• José de Ribera
• * Landscape
• * Saint Andrew
• Nicholas Stone - funerary monuments
• * John Donne
• * Sir George Villiers and the Countess of Buckingham
• Francisco de Zurbarán - ''Apotheosis of Saint Thomas Aquinas''

Births

• March 3 - Esaias Boursse, Dutch painter of genre works
• April - Cornelis de Heem, still-life painter associated with both Flemish Baroque and Dutch Golden Age painting
• November 28 - Abraham Brueghel, Flemish painter from the famous Brueghel family of artists
• date unknown
• *Germain Audran, French engraver
• *Benjamin Block, German–Hungarian painter known for his portrait paintings
• *Adriaen van der Cabel, Dutch painter
• *Pompeo Ghitti, Italian painter of frescoes
• *Bernard Lens I, Dutch painter and writer of religious treatises
• *Antonio Zanchi, Italian painter of canvases for churches in Venice
• probable - Cornelis Pietersz Bega, Dutch painter, etcher and draughtsman

Deaths

• January 20 - Jacob Matham, Dutch engraver and pen-draftsman
• March 28 - Juan van der Hamen, Spanish still life painter
• April 5 - Sinibaldo Scorza, Italian painter, draughtsman and etcher
• June 10 - Giovanni Serodine, Italian painter in Caravaggisti and tenebrist styles
• August - Arent Arentsz, Dutch painter
• October 11 - Marten Ryckaert, Flemish painter
• c. November 5 - Johann Liss, German-born painter
• December - Jan Pynas, Dutch painter
• December 10 - Orazio Riminaldi, Italian Caravaggisti painter
• date unknown
• *Matteo Ingoli, Italian painter
• *Gregorius Sickinger, Swiss painter, draughtsman, and engraver
• *Jan Tengnagel, Dutch painter
• *Pieter van der Borcht, Flemish painter
• *Tobias Verhaecht, Landscape painter and draughtsman in Italy and Antwerp