1631 in art
# 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)
* 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)
