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)^[1]
  • 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)