1620 in art

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Events from the year 1620 in art.

Events

• Anthony van Dyck, at the instigation of George Villiers, Marquess of Buckingham, visits England for the first time where he spends about four months and works for King James.^[1] In London, in the collection of the Earl of Arundel, he first sees the work of Titian.^[2]

Paintings

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  Brueghel, Paradise

• 

  Gentileschi, Judith Decapitating Holofernes

• Jan Brueghel the Younger - Paradise
• Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech - Merry Company (approximate date)
• Claude Deruet
  • Road to Calvary
  • The Triumph of the Amazons
• Artemisia Gentileschi - Judith Decapitating Holofernes (Uffizi, Florence)
• Orazio Gentileschi - Judith and Holofernes
• Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
  • Margaret Laton (approximate date)
  • Portrait of a woman in red (Tate Britain, London)
• Jacob Jordaens - The Satyr and the Farmer's Family
• Judith Leyster - Jester with a Lute
• Anthony van Dyck
  • The Apostle Judas Thaddaeus (c.1619-21; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)
  • The Continence of Scipio (c.1620-21; Christ Church Picture Gallery, Oxford)
  • The Betrayal of Christ (c.1618-20; Bristol Museum and Art Gallery)
  • The Betrayal of Christ (c.1620; Minneapolis Institute of Art)
  • The Betrayal of Christ (c.1620; Prado Museum)
• Gerard van Honthorst - The Adoration of the shepherds (destroyed)^[3]

Births

• January 17 - Anton Janson, Dutch typographer and printmaker (died 1687)
• April 21 - Salvatore Castiglione, Italian painter of landscapes and pastoral subjects (died 1676)
• May 23 - Pieter Neeffs II, Flemish Baroque painter who specialized in architectural interiors of churches (died 1675)
• October 1 - Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, Dutch painter of pastoral landscapes (died 1683)
• October 16 - Pierre Paul Puget, French painter, sculptor, architect and engineer (died 1694)
• October 20 - Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch landscape painter (died 1691)
• date unknown
  • Clemente Bocciardo, Italian painter (died 1658)
  • Giovanni Battista Bonacina, Italian painter and engraver of the Baroque period (died unknown)
  • Domenico Maria Canuti, Italian painter active mainly in Bologna and Rome (died 1660)
  • Theresa Maria Coriolano, Italian engraver of the Baroque period (died 1671)
  • Juan de Zurbarán, Spanish Baroque painter (died 1649)
  • Cosimo Fancelli, Italian sculptor (died 1688)
  • Jan Goedart, Dutch painter famous for his illustrations of insects (died 1668)
  • Bendix Grodtschilling, Danish painter and carpenter (died 1690)
  • Nicolas Jarry, French calligrapher (died 1674)
  • Louis Lerambert, French sculptor from family of artists (died 1670)
  • Andrea Giacomo Podesta, Italian engraver and painter (died after 1640)
  • Santo Rinaldi, Italian painter of battle scenes, landscapes, and vedute (died 1676)
  • Flaminio Torre, Italian painter of churches in Bologna (died 1661)
• probable
  • Abraham van Beijeren, Dutch painter (died 1690)
  • Giovanni Battista Bonacina, Italian painter and engraver (died unknown)
  • Frederik Bouttats the Younger, Flemish engraver (died 1661)
  • Giovanni Battista Cavazza, Italian painter and engraver (died unknown)
  • Willem Eversdijck, Dutch portrait painter (died 1671)
  • Albert Flamen, Dutch engraver (died 1669)
  • Gury Nikitin, was a Russian painter and iconographer (died 1691)
  • Antonio Maria Vassallo, Italian painter of mythologic scenes and still-lifes (died 1664/1673)

Deaths

• June 16 - Carlo Saraceni, Italian painter of landscapes, cabinet paintings, and altarpieces (born 1579)
• September - Aart van Antum, marine painter (born 1580)
• October 28 - Scarsellino, Italian Mannerist painter of the School of Ferrara (born 1550/1551)
• date unknown
  • Abel Grimmer, Flemish painter (born 1570)
  • Antonio Viviani, Italian painter of frescoes (born 1560)
  • Wu Bin, Chinese landscape painter during the Ming Dynasty (born 1573)
• probable
  • Giuseppe Agellio, Italian painter(born 1570)
  • Francesco Brenti, Italian painter
  • Jan Collaert II, Flemish engraver and printmaker (born c.1561)

References

1. Waterhouse, Ellis (1978). Painting in Britain, 1530-1790 (4th ed.). Penguin Books. pp. 70–77.
2. Brown, Christopher (1999). Van Dyck 1599-1641. London: Royal Academy Publications. p. 19. ISBN 0-900946-66-0.
3. Delavaux, Celine (2012). The Impossible Museum: The Best Art You'll Never See. Prestel. pp. 86–9. ISBN 9783791347158.