1627 in art

Events from the year 1627 in art.

Events

• January 25 - Dutch painter Johannes van der Beeck is found guilty of "blasphemy against God and avowed atheism, at the same time as leading a frightful and pernicious lifestyle."^[1]
• The Fontana della Barcaccia in Rome is engineered by Gian Lorenzo Bernini with help from his father.

Works

• Rembrandt
  • The Flight into Egypt (Rembrandt) (painting)
  • The Gold Weigher
  • St. Paul in Prison
• Francisco Ribalta – Christ Embracing St. Bernard (1625-7)
• Peter Paul Rubens – Albert and Nicolaas Rubens
• Anthony van Dyck – The Lomellini Family (1626-7)
• Adam Willaerts – Ships on a Dutch roadstead

Births

• May 16 – Willem van Aelst, Dutch artist (died 1683)
• August 2 – Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten (died 1678)
• date unknown
  • Francisco Caro, Spanish Baroque painter (died 1667)
  • Alexander Coosemans, Flemish Baroque still-life painter (died 1689)
  • Josse de Corte, French sculptor (died 1679)
  • Philip Fruytiers, Flemish painter (died 1666)
  • Onorio Marinari, Italian painter (died 1715)
  • Jan Siberechts, Flemish painter (died 1703)
  • Domenico Piola, Genoese painter (died 1703)
  • Matthias Withoos, Dutch painter of still lifes and city scenes (died 1703)
  • Ippolito Galantini – Italian painter and monk (died 1706)
• probable
  • Jan de Bray, Dutch painter (died 1697)
  • Hendrik Graauw, Dutch Golden Age painter (died 1693)
  • Jan Thopas, Dutch portraitist (died c.1695)

Deaths

• March - Ippolito Borghese, Italian painter (born unknown)
• March 10 - Giovanni Battista Paggi, Italian painter (born 1554)
• May 3 - Francesco Zucco, Italian painter (born 1570)
• May 20 - Giovanni Paolo Cavagna, Italian painter (born 1556)
• June - Sir Nathaniel Bacon, painter of kitchen and market scenes with large vegetables, fruit, and buxom maids (born 1585)
• August 5 - Aart Jansz Druyvesteyn, Dutch Golden Age painter (born 1577)
• August 27 - Francesco Maria del Monte, Italian Cardinal and arts patron (Caravaggio) (born 1549)
• date unknown
  • Piermaria Bagnadore, Italian painter and architect (born 1556)
  • Tiberio di Tito, Italian painter of portraits, including small pencil portraits (born 1573)
  • Bartolomé González y Serrano, Spanish Baroque portrait painter (born 1564)
  • Jacopo Ligozzi, Italian painter, illustrator, designer, and miniaturist of the late Renaissance and early Mannerist styles (born 1547)
  • Juan de Mesa, Spanish sculptor (born 1583)
  • Adam van Vianen, Dutch Golden Age medallist, engraver and silversmith (born 1568)
  • 1627/1632: Rafael Sadeler II, Flemish engraver of the Sadeler family (born 1584)

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