1671 in art

Events from the year 1671 in art.

Events

• The Discalced Carmelites of Vilnius build a wooden chapel to house the painting Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn .

Works

The painter Maria van Oosterwijck, by Wallerant Vaillant (1671)

• Philippe de Champaigne – Still Life with a Skull (approximate date) ^[1]
• Manuel do Coyto – Christ of Buenos Aires (sculpture in Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral)
• Gerard de Lairesse – Three ceiling paintings for Andries de Graeff, now at the Peace Palace in The Hague
• Gillis van Tilborgh – The Tichborne Dole

Births

• January 14 – Andrea Procaccini, Italian painter for the royal family of King Philip V of Spain (died 1734)
• March 15 – Thomas Restout, French painter (died 1754)
• July 21 – Hendrick Krock, Danish history painter (died 1738)
• December 13 – Francescantonio Coratoli, Italian painter of frescoes (died 1722)
• date unknown
  • Paolo Alboni, Italian painter (died 1734)
  • Giovan Battista Caniana, Italian sculptor and architect (died 1754)
  • Donato Creti, Italian painter of the Rococo period, active mostly in Bologna (died 1749)
  • Nishikawa Sukenobu, Japanese ukiyo-e printmaker from Kyoto (died 1750)
  • Jaime Mosen Ponz, Spanish painter (died 1730)
  • Michele Rocca, Italian painter, born at Parma and practised in Rome (died 1751)

Deaths

• February 11 - Nicolas Pitau, Flemish engraver and printmaker (born 1632)
• May 8 – Sébastien Bourdon, painter and engraver (born 1616)
• May 16 – Dirck van Delen, Dutch Baroque Era painter (born 1605)
• July – Adriaen Hanneman, Dutch painter best known for his portraits of the exiled British royal court (born 1603)
• July 4 – Jan Cossiers, painter (born 1600)
• November – Jan van Bijlert, Dutch painter, co-founder of the Bentvueghels (born 1597)
• date unknown
  • Alessandro Badiale, Italian painter and engraver (born 1626)
  • Jan de Bisschop, lawyer, painter and engraver (born 1628)
  • Conrad Buno, German copperplate engraver, cartographer and publisher (born 1613)
  • Francisco Camilo, Spanish painter (born 1610)
  • Theresa Maria Coriolano, Italian engraver of the Baroque period (born 1620)
  • Gaspar Dias, Portuguese painter (date of birth unknown)
  • Willem Eversdijck, Dutch portrait painter (born 1620)
  • Giacomo Antonio Fancelli, sculptor (born 1619)
  • Sokuhi Nyoitsu, Buddhist monk of the Obaku Zen sect, poet and calligrapher (born 1616)
  • Andrea Suppa, Italian painter of marine landscapes (born 1628)

References

1. "Still-Life with a Skull". Web Gallery of Art . Retrieved 15 December 2025.