1632 in art

Events

• July - Portraitist Anthony van Dyck, newly returned to London, is knighted and granted a pension as principalle Paynter in ordinary to their majesties.
• Construction of the Taj Mahal mausoleum begins at Agra in India, probably to a design by Ustad Ahmad Lahauri. It will continue until 1653.

Works

• Rembrandt
• *The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
• *Jacob de Gheyn
• *Maurits Huygens
• *Philosopher in Meditation
• Nicholas Stone - Monument to Heneage Finch
• Jusepe de Ribera
• *Ixion
• *The Blind Sculptor
• Sir Anthony van Dyck
• *Queen Henrietta Maria
• *Thetis Receiving the Weapons of Achilles from Hephaestus
• Diego Velázquez
• *Christ Crucified
• *''Temptation of St. Thomas''

Births

• January 11 - Adam Frans van der Meulen, Flemish Baroque painter specializing in battle scenes
• May 13 - Nicolas Pitau, Flemish engraver and printmaker
• August 8 - Johann Carl Loth, German painter active in Venice
• September 12 bapt. - Claude Lefèbvre, French painter and engraver
• October 31 - Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter
• date unknown
• *Giacomo Alboresi, Italian painter
• *Hendrik Bary, Dutch engraver
• *Antoine Benoist, French painter and sculptor
• *Bartolomeo Biscaino, Italian painter, active in his native Genoa
• *Jean-Gilles Delcour, Flemish religious painter
• *Enkū, Japanese Buddhist monk and sculptor during the early Edo period
• *Wang Hui, Chinese landscape painter, the best known of the Four Wangs
• *Frederick Kerseboom, German painter
• *Giovanni Battista Merano, Italian painter of frescoes, mainly active in his native Genoa
• *Hendrik van Minderhout, Dutch seascape painter
• *Jan Wijnants, Dutch painter
• probable
• * Wu Li, Chinese landscape painter and poet during the Qing Dynasty
• *Wang Wu, Chinese painter and poet during the Qing Dynasty

Deaths

• January - Abraham Janssens, Flemish painter
• January 29 - Jan Porcellis, Dutch marine artist
• July 17 - Hendrick van Balen, Flemish painter, who was born and died in Antwerp
• August 19 - Valentin de Boulogne, French painter
• October 23 - Giovanni Battista Crespi, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect
• date unknown
• *Francisco Salmerón, Spanish painter
• *Barend van Someren, Dutch Golden Age painter
• probable
• *Carlo Bononi, Italian painter of the School of Ferrara
• *Domenico Falcini, Flemish Renaissance painter and engraver
• * Tanzio da Varallo, Italian painter of the late-Mannerist or early Baroque period
• *David Vinckboons, Dutch painter of Flemish origin