1661 in art

Events from the year 1661 in art.

Events

 * April 19 - Philip IV of Spain appoints Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo to succeed his late father-in-law Diego Velázquez as court painter (Pintor de cámara) in Madrid.
 * October - The newly-restored King Charles II of England appoints Peter Lely as court painter.

Paintings

 * Filippo Abbiati - Coriolanus Persuaded By His Family To Raise the Siege of Rome
 * Gerrit Dou - Old Lady with a Candle
 * Gabriël Metsu
 * Lovers at Breakfast
 * The Visit to the Nursery, after the birth of Sara Hinlopen (1660)
 * Reinier Nooms - Ships on the IJ at Amsterdam
 * Rembrandt
 * Saint Matthew and the Angel
 * Saint James The Elder
 * Jan van Kessel, senior - Allegory of Air
 * Jan Vermeer - View of Delft
 * John Michael Wright - Charles II in Coronation Robes

Births

 * February 24 - Alexandre-François Desportes, French painter and decorative designer who specialised in animal works (died 1743)
 * March - Lucas de Valdés, Spanish painter and engraver (died 1724)
 * April 6 - Stefano Maria Legnani, Italian painter, active mainly in Milan (died 1713)
 * April 11 - Antoine Coypel, French painter (died 1722)
 * June 1 - Gaspard Rigaud, French painter and portraitist (died 1705)
 * June 29 - Peter Van Dievoet, Belgian sculptor and designer of ornamental architectural features (died 1729)
 * date unknown
 * Scipione Angelini, Italian painter best known for still lifes (died 1729)
 * Benoît Audran the Elder, French engraver (died 1721)
 * Nunzio Ferraiuoli, Italian painter (died 1735)
 * Giacinto Garofalini, Italian painter (died 1723)
 * Claude Charles, French historical and decorative painter (died 1747)
 * Simon Gribelin, French line engraver (died 1733)
 * Jacob Leyssens, Flemish painter and decorator from the Baroque (died 1710)
 * Domenico Maria Muratori, Bolognese (Italian) painter (died 1744)
 * Thomas Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (died 1709)
 * Ezaias Terwesten, Dutch painter (died 1724)
 * Ignaz Waibl, Austrian woodcarver (died 1733)
 * probable - Alida Withoos, Dutch botanical artist and painter (died 1730)

Deaths

 * January 29 - Bartolomeo Gennari, Italian Renaissance painter (born 1594)
 * March 23 - Pieter de Molijn, Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver born in England (born 1595)
 * March 25 - Jan van Aken, Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver (born 1614)
 * May 14 - Ilario Casolano, Italian painter (born 1588)
 * June 21 - Andrea Sacchi, Italian painter of High Baroque Classicism (born 1599)
 * August - Gerard Houckgeest, Dutch Delft School painter (born 1600)
 * August 5 (bur.) - Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen, Dutch portrait painter (born 1593)
 * September 11 - Jan Fyt, Flemish animal painter and etcher (born 1611)
 * September 16 (bur.) – Cornelis Vroom, Dutch painter (born 1591), known for landscapes and seascapes, son of reverse-named Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom (1566–1640)
 * October 25 - Lucas de Wael, Flemish painter active mainly in Genoa (born 1591)
 * October 28 - Ottavio Amigoni, Italian painter, active in Brescia (born 1606)
 * November 2 - Daniel Seghers, Flemish Jesuit brother and painter who specialized in flower still lifes (born 1590)
 * November 11 - David Ryckaert III, Flemish painter, member of the Ryckaert family of artists (born 1612)
 * date unknown
 * Willem Outgertsz Akersloot, Dutch Golden Age engraver (born 1600)
 * Cecco Bravo, Florentine painter of the Baroque period (born 1601)
 * Francesco Curradi, Italian painter of the style described as Counter-Maniera or Counter-Mannerism (born 1570)
 * Simon Luttichuys, Dutch painter (born 1610)
 * Flaminio Torre, Italian Baroque painter of churches in Bologna (born 1620)
 * Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst, Dutch painter and engraver (born 1603)
 * probable
 * Frederik Bouttats, Flemish engraver (born 1620)
 * Jacob Peter Gowy, Flemish painter of The Flight of Icarus (born 1615)
 * Anton Francesco Lucini, Italian engraver and printmaker (born 1610)
 * Anthonie Jansz. van der Croos, Dutch painter (born 1606)