1639 in art

Events

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Paintings

• Zhang Yan - Plum Blossoms in Snow
• Peter Paul Rubens - The Three Graces.
• Claude Lorrain - Seaport at Sunset, sometimes referred to as View of a Seaport.
• Jusepe de Ribera (contemporary of Francisco de Zurbarán) - 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)
• date unknown

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)

Deaths

• February - Roelant Savery, Dutch Golden Age painter (b. 1576)
• July 22 - Rutilio di Lorenzo Manetti, Italian Mannerist painter (b. c.1571)
• date unknown
  • Bernardino Capitelli, Italian painter and etcher (b. 1589)
  • Orazio Gentileschi, Italian Baroque Caravaggisti painter (b. 1563)
  • Marcello Provenzale, Italian painter and mosaicist (b. 1575)
  • Chen Jiru, Chinese landscape painter and calligrapher during the Ming Dynasty (b. 1558)
• probable Baldassare d'Anna – Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period (b. 1560)