1632 in art

Events from year 1632 in art.

Events

 * July - Portraitist Anthony van Dyck, newly returned to London, is knighted and granted a pension as principalle Paynter in ordinary to their majesties.
 * Construction of the Taj Mahal mausoleum begins at Agra in India, probably to a design by Ustad Ahmad Lahauri. It will continue until 1653.

Works

 * Rembrandt
 * The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
 * Jacob de Gheyn
 * Maurits Huygens
 * Philosopher in Meditation (or Interior with Tobit and Anna)
 * Nicholas Stone - Monument to Heneage Finch
 * Jusepe de Ribera
 * Ixion
 * The Blind Sculptor
 * Sir Anthony van Dyck
 * Queen Henrietta Maria
 * Thetis Receiving the Weapons of Achilles from Hephaestus
 * Diego Velázquez
 * Christ Crucified
 * Temptation of St. Thomas

Births

 * January 11 - Adam Frans van der Meulen, Flemish Baroque painter specializing in battle scenes (died 1690)
 * May 13 - Nicolas Pitau, Flemish engraver and printmaker (died 1671)
 * August 8 - Johann Carl Loth, German painter active in Venice (died 1698)
 * September 12 bapt. - Claude Lefèbvre, French painter and engraver (died 1675)
 * October 31 - Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter (died 1675)
 * date unknown
 * Giacomo Alboresi, Italian painter (died 1677)
 * Hendrik Bary, Dutch engraver (died 1707)
 * Antoine Benoist, French painter and sculptor (died 1717)
 * Bartolomeo Biscaino, Italian painter, active in his native Genoa (died 1657)
 * Jean-Gilles Delcour, Flemish religious painter (died 1695)
 * Enkū, Japanese Buddhist monk and sculptor during the early Edo period (died 1695)
 * Wang Hui, Chinese landscape painter, the best known of the Four Wangs (died 1717)
 * Frederick Kerseboom, German painter (died 1690)
 * Giovanni Battista Merano, Italian painter of frescoes, mainly active in his native Genoa (died unknown)
 * Hendrik van Minderhout, Dutch seascape painter (died 1696)
 * Jan Wijnants, Dutch painter (died 1684)
 * probable
 * Wu Li, Chinese landscape painter and poet during the Qing Dynasty (died 1718)
 * Wang Wu, Chinese painter and poet during the Qing Dynasty (died 1690)

Deaths

 * January - Abraham Janssens, Flemish painter (born 1567-1576)
 * January 29 - Jan Porcellis, Dutch marine artist (born 1583/1585)
 * July 17 - Hendrick van Balen, Flemish painter, who was born and died in Antwerp (born 1575)
 * August 19 - Valentin de Boulogne, French painter (born 1591)
 * October 23 - Giovanni Battista Crespi, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (born 1573)
 * date unknown
 * Francisco Salmerón, Spanish painter (born 1608)
 * Barend van Someren, Dutch Golden Age painter (born 1572)
 * probable
 * Carlo Bononi, Italian painter of the School of Ferrara (born 1569)
 * Domenico Falcini, Flemish Renaissance painter and engraver (born 1575)
 * (died 1632/1633) Tanzio da Varallo, Italian painter of the late-Mannerist or early Baroque period (born 1575/1580)
 * David Vinckboons, Dutch painter of Flemish origin (born 1576)