1631 in art

Events

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Paintings

* Willem Claesz Heda painted still lifes.
* Jose de Ribera painted landscape, in the Hospital de Tavera in Toledo, Spain.
* Nicolas Poussin painted "Kingdom of Flora".
* Rembrandt painted "Presentation in the Temple" (usually called "Simeon in the Temple"), the earliest important composition of the artist known.
* Rembrandt painted "Simeon's Song of Praise", and "Christ Alone" and "The Crucifixion".

Births

* Esaias Boursse - Dutch painter of genre works (d. 1672)
* Cornelius Bega (the "Little Master"), Dutch painter, etcher and draughtsman (d. 1664)
* Jacobus Bodding, Dutch painter
* Cornelis de Heem - still-life painter associated with both Flemish Baroque and Dutch Golden Age painting (d. 1695)
* Adriaen van der Cabel - Dutch painter of the (d. 1705)
* Benjamin Block - German - Hungarian painter known for his portrait paintings (d. 1690)
* Pompeo Ghitti - Italian painter of frescoes (d. 1703/1704)
* Antonio Zanchi - Italian painter of canvases for churches in Venice (d. 1722)
* Abraham Brueghel - Flemish painter from the famous Brueghel family of artists (d. 1690)

Deaths

* Juan van der Hamen - Spanish still life painter (b. 1596)
* Matteo Ingoli - Italian painter of the early-Baroque period (b. 1587)
* Orazio Riminaldi - Italian Caravaggisti painter of the Baroque period (b. 1586)
* Giovanni Serodine - Italian painter in Caravaggisti and tenebrist styles (b. 1600)
* Tobias Verhaecht - Landscape painter and draughtsman in Italy and Antwerp (b. 1561)
* Giovanni Carlone - Italian painter from Genoa (b. 1584)