1661 in art

Events

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Paintings

*"The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis" (1661-1662, Rembrandt)

Births

* Lucas de Valdés - Spanish painter and engraver of the Baroque period (d. 1724)
* Domenico Maria Muratori, Bolognese (Italian) painter, studied under Lorenzo Pasinelli at Bologna (d. 1744), painted "La mort de Cléopâtre" in the Louvre
* Scipione Angelini - Italian painter of Baroque period, best known for still-lifes (d. 1729)
* Nunzio Ferraiuoli - Italian painter of the Baroque period (d. 1735)
* Giacinto Garofalini - Italian painter (d. 1723)
* Antoine Coypel - French painter (d. 1722)
* (b. 1661/1662): Alida Withoos - Dutch botanical artist and painter (d. 1730)

Deaths

* September 16 (bur.) - Cornelis Hendriksz Vroom, Dutch painter (b. 1591), known for landscapes and seascapes, son of reverse-named Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom (1566-1640).
* Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst - Dutch painter and engraver of the Baroque period (b. 1603)
* Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen - Dutch portrait painter (b. 1593)
* Ottavio Amigoni - Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Brescia (b. 1605)
* Cecco Bravo - Florentine painter of the Baroque period (b. 1601)
* Ilario Casolano - Italian painter of the Baroque period (b. 1588)
* Jan Fyt - Flemish animal painter and etcher (b. 1611)
* Andrea Sacchi - Italian painter of High Baroque Classicism (b. 1599)
* Flaminio Torre - Italian Baroque painter of churches in Bologna (b. 1620)