1638 in art

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Francisco Zurbarán begins work on the series of paintings in the Santa María de Guadalupe

January 8 - Elisabetta Sirani, Italian painter (died 1665)
June 6 (bapt.) - Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde, Dutch artist (died 1698)
July 10 – David Teniers III, Flemish painter (died 1685)
October 31 (bapt.) – Meindert Hobbema, Dutch landscape painter (died 1709)
September 20 - Antonio Gherardi, painter, sculptor and architect (d. 1702)
date unknown
- Antonio Franchi, Italian painter active mainly in Florence and Lucca (died 1709)
- José Mora, Spanish sculptor (d. 1725)
- Luigi Garzi, Italian painter of the Baroque period (d. 1721)
- Jan Karel Donatus van Beecq, Dutch painter (d. 1722)

January - Adriaen Brouwer, Flemish genre painter] (b. 1605)
March 6 - Paulus Moreelse, Dutch painter, mainly of portraits (b. 1571)
April 14 - Willem Jacobsz Delff, Dutch painter (b. 1580)
August 1 - Joachim Wtewael, Dutch painter and engraver (b. 1566)
August 18 - Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo, Italian painter active mainly in Genoa (b. 1584)
October - Gillis d'Hondecoeter, Dutch painter in a Flemish style (b. 1575/1580)
November 11 - Cornelis van Haarlem, Dutch painter and draughtsman, leading Mannerist artist (b. 1562)
December 23 - Barbara Longhi, Italian painter (b. 1552)
date unknown
- Pietro Francesco Alberti, Italian painter and engraver (b. 1584)
- Baldassare Aloisi, Italian portrait painter and engraver (b. 1578)
- Vincenzo Carducci, Italian painter (b. 1568)
- Santo Peranda, historical painter of Venice (b. 1566)
- Giovanni Giacomo Semenza, Italian painter (b. 1580)
- Tiberio Tinelli, Italian painter of portraits of aristocracy, merchants, and intellectuals in Venice (b. 1586)
probable - Hercules Seghers, Dutch painter and printmaker of the Dutch Golden Age (b. 1589)