1661 in art

Events from the year 1661 in art.

Events

April 19 - Philip IV of Spain appoints Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo to succeed his late father-in-law Diego Velázquez as court painter in Madrid.
October - The newly-restored King Charles II of England appoints Peter Lely as court painter.

Paintings

Filippo Abbiati - Coriolanus Persuaded By His Family To Raise the Siege of Rome
Gerrit Dou - Old Lady with a Candle
Gabriël Metsu
*Lovers at Breakfast
*The Visit to the Nursery, after the birth of Sara Hinlopen
Reinier Nooms - Ships on the IJ at Amsterdam
Rembrandt
*Saint Matthew and the Angel
*Saint James The Elder
Jan van Kessel, senior - Allegory of Air
Jan Vermeer - View of Delft
John Michael Wright - ''Charles II in Coronation Robes''

Births

February 24 - Alexandre-François Desportes, French painter and decorative designer who specialised in animal works
March - Lucas de Valdés, Spanish painter and engraver
April 6 - Stefano Maria Legnani, Italian painter, active mainly in Milan
April 11 - Antoine Coypel, French painter
June 1 - Gaspard Rigaud, French painter and portraitist
June 29 - Peter Van Dievoet, Belgian sculptor and designer of ornamental architectural features
date unknown
*Scipione Angelini, Italian painter best known for still lifes
*Benoît Audran the Elder, French engraver
*Nunzio Ferraiuoli, Italian painter
*Giacinto Garofalini, Italian painter
*Claude Charles, French historical and decorative painter
*Simon Gribelin, French line engraver
*Jacob Leyssens, Flemish painter and decorator from the Baroque
*Domenico Maria Muratori, Bolognese painter
*Thomas Quellinus, Flemish sculptor
*Ezaias Terwesten, Dutch painter
*Ignaz Waibl, Austrian woodcarver
probable - Alida Withoos, Dutch botanical artist and painter

Deaths

January 29 - Bartolomeo Gennari, Italian Renaissance painter
March 23 - Pieter de Molijn, Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver born in England
March 25 - Jan van Aken, Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver
May 14 - Ilario Casolano, Italian painter
June 21 - Andrea Sacchi, Italian painter of High Baroque Classicism
August - Gerard Houckgeest, Dutch Delft School painter
August 5 - Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen, Dutch portrait painter
September 11 - Jan Fyt, Flemish animal painter and etcher
September 16 – Cornelis Vroom, Dutch painter, known for landscapes and seascapes, son of reverse-named Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom
October 25 - Lucas de Wael, Flemish painter active mainly in Genoa
October 28 - Ottavio Amigoni, Italian painter, active in Brescia
November 2 - Daniel Seghers, Flemish Jesuit brother and painter who specialized in flower still lifes
November 11 - David Ryckaert III, Flemish painter, member of the Ryckaert family of artists
date unknown
*Willem Outgertsz Akersloot, Dutch Golden Age engraver
*Cecco Bravo, Florentine painter of the Baroque period
*Francesco Curradi, Italian painter of the style described as Counter-Maniera or Counter-Mannerism
*Simon Luttichuys, Dutch painter
*Flaminio Torre, Italian Baroque painter of churches in Bologna
*Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst, Dutch painter and engraver
probable
*Frederik Bouttats, Flemish engraver
*Jacob Peter Gowy, Flemish painter of The Flight of Icarus
*Anton Francesco Lucini, Italian engraver and printmaker
*Anthonie Jansz. van der Croos, Dutch painter