1641 in art

Events

Paintings

* Claude Lorrain paints "The Embarkation of St. Ursula".
* Rembrandt is painting "The Night Watch" (or "The Militia Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq") ["see image"] .
* Gerard Dou and Diego Velasquez are painting.

Births

* Cesare Gennari - Italian painter of Baroque period (d. 1688)
* Pasquale Rossi - Italian painter of the Baroque period (d. 1718)
* Tao Chi - Chinese landscape painter (d. 1720)

Deaths

* Domenico Zampieri - Baroque Italian painter (b. 1581)
* Artus Wolffort, Flemish painter (b. 1581)
* Anthony van Dyck - Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England (b. 1599)
* Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt - Dutch painter, was born at Delft (b. 1567)
* Juan Bautista de Espinosa - Spanish still life painter (b. 1590)
* Adam van Noort - Flemish painter and draughtsman (b. 1561/1562)
* Ottavio Viviani - Italian painter of quadratura (b. 1579)