1671 in art

Events

• The Discalced Carmelites of Vilnius build a wooden chapel to house the painting Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn.

Works

• Philippe de Champaigne – Still Life with a Skull
• Manuel do Coyto – Christ of Buenos Aires
• Gerard de Lairesse – Three ceiling paintings for Andries de Graeff, now at the Peace Palace in The Hague
• Gillis van Tilborgh – ''The Tichborne Dole''

Births

• January 14 – Andrea Procaccini, Italian painter for the royal family of King Philip V of Spain
• March 15 – Thomas Restout, French painter
• July 21 – Hendrick Krock, Danish history painter
• December 13 – Francescantonio Coratoli, Italian painter of frescoes
• date unknown
• *Paolo Alboni, Italian painter
• *Giovan Battista Caniana, Italian sculptor and architect
• *Donato Creti, Italian painter of the Rococo period, active mostly in Bologna
• *Nishikawa Sukenobu, Japanese ukiyo-e printmaker from Kyoto
• *Jaime Mosen Ponz, Spanish painter
• *Michele Rocca, Italian painter, born at Parma and practised in Rome

Deaths

• February 11 - Nicolas Pitau, Flemish engraver and printmaker
• May 8 – Sébastien Bourdon, painter and engraver
• May 16 – Dirck van Delen, Dutch Baroque Era painter
• July – Adriaen Hanneman, Dutch painter best known for his portraits of the exiled British royal court
• July 4 – Jan Cossiers, painter
• November – Jan van Bijlert, Dutch painter, co-founder of the Bentvueghels
• date unknown
• *Alessandro Badiale, Italian painter and engraver
• *Jan de Bisschop, lawyer, painter and engraver
• *Conrad Buno, German copperplate engraver, cartographer and publisher
• *Francisco Camilo, Spanish painter
• *Theresa Maria Coriolano, Italian engraver of the Baroque period
• *Gaspar Dias, Portuguese painter
• *Willem Eversdijck, Dutch portrait painter
• *Giacomo Antonio Fancelli, sculptor
• *Sokuhi Nyoitsu, Buddhist monk of the Obaku Zen sect, poet and calligrapher
• *Andrea Suppa, Italian painter of marine landscapes