1639 in art

Events

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Paintings

* Zhang Yan painted "Plum Blossoms in Snow"
* Peter Paul Rubens painted "The Three Graces".
* Claude Lorrain painted "Seaport at Sunset", sometimes referred to as "View of a Seaport".
* Jusepe de Ribera (contemporary of Francisco de Zurbarán) painted "Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew", an example for Mannerism and especially the style of Caravaggio's painting influence to be felt in Spain.

Births

* May 8 - Giovanni Battista Gaulli (known as "Il Baciccio"), Italian painter of High Baroque (d. 1709)
* Caspar Netscher, Dutch portrait and genre works painter (d. 1684)
* José Claudio Antolinez, Spanish painter of the Baroque period (d. 1676)
* Bernardo Racchetti - Italian painter of imaginary vedute (d. 1702)
* Cristoforo Savolini - Italian painter of altarpieces (d. 1677)
* Gian Domenico Valentini - Italian painter of still lifes (d. 1715)
* Antonio Verrio - Italian painter of altarpieces, master gardener, active mainly in England (d. 1707)

Deaths

* Bernardino Capitelli - Italian painter and etcher of the Baroque period (b. 1589)
* Orazio Gentileschi - Italian Baroque "Caravaggisti" painter (b. 1563)
* Baldassare d'Anna - Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period (b. 1560)
* Marcello Provenzale - Italian painter and mosaicist (b. 1575)
* Chen Jiru - Chinese landscape painter and calligrapher during the Ming Dynasty (b. 1558)