1631 in art

Events from the year 1631 in art.

Events

 * Rembrandt moves to the home of Hendrick van Uylenburgh at Sint Antoniesbreestraat in Amsterdam.

Works

 * Willem Claesz Heda - Still lifes
 * Judith Leyster - The Rejected Offer
 * Nicolas Poussin - Kingdom of Flora
 * Rembrandt
 * Presentation in the Temple (usually called "Simeon in the Temple"), the earliest important composition of the artist known
 * Simeon's Song of Praise
 * Christ Alone
 * The Crucifixion
 * Self portrait in a soft hat and embroidered cloak (etching)
 * José de Ribera
 * Landscape (Hospital de Tavera, Toledo, Spain)
 * Saint Andrew
 * Nicholas Stone - funerary monuments (London)
 * John Donne (Old St Paul's Cathedral)
 * Sir George Villiers and the Countess of Buckingham (Westminster Abbey)
 * Francisco de Zurbarán - Apotheosis of Saint Thomas Aquinas

Births

 * March 3 - Esaias Boursse, Dutch painter of genre works (died 1672)
 * April - Cornelis de Heem, still-life painter associated with both Flemish Baroque and Dutch Golden Age painting (died 1695)
 * November 28 - Abraham Brueghel, Flemish painter from the famous Brueghel family of artists (died 1690)
 * date unknown
 * Germain Audran, French engraver (died 1710)
 * Benjamin Block, German–Hungarian painter known for his portrait paintings (died 1690)
 * Adriaen van der Cabel, Dutch painter (died 1705)
 * Pompeo Ghitti, Italian painter of frescoes (died 1703/1704)
 * Bernard Lens I, Dutch painter and writer of religious treatises (died 1707)
 * Antonio Zanchi, Italian painter of canvases for churches in Venice (died 1722)
 * probable - Cornelis Pietersz Bega (the "Little Master"), Dutch painter, etcher and draughtsman (died 1664)

Deaths

 * January 20 - Jacob Matham, Dutch engraver and pen-draftsman (born 1571)
 * March 28 - Juan van der Hamen, Spanish still life painter (born 1596)
 * April 5 - Sinibaldo Scorza, Italian painter, draughtsman and etcher (born 1589)
 * June 10 - Giovanni Serodine, Italian painter in Caravaggisti and tenebrist styles (born 1600)
 * August - Arent Arentsz, Dutch painter (born 1585)
 * October 11 - Marten Ryckaert, Flemish painter (born 1587)
 * c. November 5 - Johann Liss, German-born painter (born c. 1597)
 * December - Jan Pynas, Dutch painter (born 1583)
 * December 10 - Orazio Riminaldi, Italian Caravaggisti painter (born 1586)
 * date unknown
 * Matteo Ingoli, Italian painter (born 1587)
 * Gregorius Sickinger, Swiss painter, draughtsman, and engraver (born 1558)
 * Jan Tengnagel, Dutch painter (born 1584)
 * Pieter van der Borcht, Flemish painter (born 1604)
 * Tobias Verhaecht, Landscape painter and draughtsman in Italy and Antwerp (born 1561)