1661 in art

Last updated July 14, 2025

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.^[1]

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)

References

↑ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History . London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 269–270. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.

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[Cassell's_Chronology-1] Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History . London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 269–270. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.

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