1626 in art

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

 * 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)