1626 in art

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Events from the year 1626 in art.

Events

• Orazio Gentileschi leaves France to work for Charles I of England, where he remains for the rest of his life.

Works

File:Carlos de Austria, infante de España.jpg

Velázquez – Portrait of the Infante Don Carlos

• Valentin de Boulogne – Musicians and Soldiers (approximate date)
• Orazio Gentileschi – The Lute Player (approximate date)
• Frans Hals – Portrait of Isaak Abrahamsz. Massa
• Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt – George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
• Rembrandt
  • The Angel and the Prophet Balaam
  • Consul Cerialis and the Germanic Legions
  • A Musical Gathering
  • The Rest on the Flight to Egypt (etching)
  • Tobit and Anna with the Kid
• Peter Paul Rubens
  • Assumption of the Virgin Mary
  • Christ Appointing Saint Roch as Patron Saint of Plague Victims (altarpiece, completed)
• Diego Velázquez – Portrait of the Infante Don Carlos

Births

• January – Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish landscape painter (died 1699)
• September 27 – Karel Dujardin, Dutch animal and landscape painter (died 1678)
• November 30 – Cesare Pronti, Italian painter of quadratura and allegorical figures (died 1708)
• date unknown
  • Federico Agnelli, Italian engraver and printer, active in Milan (died 1702)
  • Alessandro Badiale, Italian painter and engraver (died 1671)
  • Pieter Boel, Flemish painter (died 1674)
  • Jan van de Cappelle, Dutch Golden Age painter of seascapes and winter landscapes (died 1679)
  • Andrea Carlone, Italian painter (died 1697)
  • Carlo Cesio, Italian painter active in Rome (died 1686)
  • Lorenzo Tinti, Italian painter and engraver (died 1672)
  • Simon Ushakov, Russian graphic artist (died 1686)
• probable
  • Bada Shanren (also known as Zhou Da), Chinese calligrapher and painter of shuimohua (died 1705)
  • Francis Barlow, English painter, etcher, and illustrator (died 1704)
  • Pierre Prieur, French enamel painter (died 1676)
  • Jan Steen, Dutch genre painter of the Dutch Golden Age) (died 1679)

Deaths

• February 21 – Cardinal Odoardo Farnese, patron of the arts (born 1573)
• February 23 – Enea Salmeggia, Italian painter from Bergamo (born 1556)
• April – Antiveduto Grammatica, proto-Baroque Italian painter nicknamed Antiveduto ("foreseen") (born 1571)
• September 8 – Juan Sánchez Cotán, Spanish painter (born 1560)
• September 9 – Abraham Govaerts, Flemish painter of cabinet works
• date unknown
  • Agustín del Castillo, Spanish painter (born 1565)
  • Anastasio Fontebuoni, Italian painter (born 1571)
  • Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli, Italian painter of frescoes and altarpieces (born 1573)
  • Giovanni Niccolo, Italian Jesuit painter (born 1560)
  • Cristoforo Roncalli, Italian painter (born 1552)
  • Sebastian Sebastiani, Italian sculptor and founder (born unknown)
  • Adriaen de Vries, Dutch sculptor (born 1556)
• probable – Denis van Alsloot, Flemish painter (born 1570)