1632 in art

Events

• July - Portraitist Anthony van Dyck, newly returned to London, is knighted and granted a pension as principalle Paynter in ordinary to their majesties.
• Construction of the Taj Mahal mausoleum begins at Agra in India, probably to a design by Ustad Ahmad Lahauri. It will continue until 1653.

Works

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp by Rembrandt

• Rembrandt
  • The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp
  • Jacob de Gheyn
  • Maurits Huygens
  • Philosopher in Meditation (or Interior with Tobit and Anna)
• Sir Anthony van Dyck - Queen Henrietta Maria
• Diego Velázquez
  • Christ Crucified
  • Temptation of St. Thomas

Births

• January 11 - Adam Frans van der Meulen, Flemish Baroque painter specializing in battle scenes (died 1690)
• March 26 - Mary Beale, English portrait painter (died 1699)
• May 13 - Nicolas Pitau, Flemish engraver and printmaker (died 1671)
• August 8 - Johann Carl Loth, German painter active in Venice (died 1698)
• October 31 - Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter (died 1675)
• date unknown
  • Giacomo Alboresi, Italian painter (died 1677)
  • Hendrik Bary, Dutch engraver (died 1707)
  • Antoine Benoist, French painter and sculptor (died 1717)
  • Bartolomeo Biscaino, Italian painter, active in his native Genoa (died 1657)
  • Jean-Gilles Delcour, Flemish relisious painter (died 1695)
  • Enkū, Japanese Buddhist monk and sculptor during the early Edo period (died 1695)
  • Wang Hui, Chinese landscape painter, the best known of the Four Wangs (died 1717)
  • Giovanni Battista Merano, Italian painter of frescoes, mainly active in his native Genoa (died unknown)
  • Hendrik van Minderhout, Dutch seascape painter (died 1696)
  • Jan Wijnants, Dutch painter (died 1684)
• probable
  • Wu Li, Chinese landscape painter and poet during the Qing Dynasty (died 1718)
  • Wang Wu, Chinese painter and poet during the Qing Dynasty (died 1690)

Deaths

• January - Abraham Janssens, Flemish painter (born 1567-1576)
• January 29 - Jan Porcellis, Dutch marine artist (born 1583/1585)
• July 17 - Hendrick van Balen, Flemish painter, who was born and died in Antwerp (born 1575)
• August 19 - Valentin de Boulogne, French painter (born 1591)
• October 23 - Giovanni Battista Crespi, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (born 1573)
• date unknown
  • Francisco Salmerón, Spanish painter (born 1608)
  • Barend van Someren, Dutch Golden Age painter (born 1572)
• probable
  • Carlo Bononi, Italian painter of the School of Ferrara (born 1569)
  • (died 1632/1633) Tanzio da Varallo, Italian painter of the late-Mannerist or early Baroque period (born 1575/1580)
  • David Vinckboons, Dutch painter of Flemish origin (born 1576)