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Events from the year 1626 in art.
Events
- Orazio Gentileschi leaves France to work for Charles I of England, where he remains for the rest of his life.
Works
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Velázquez – Portrait of the Infante Don Carlos
- Valentin de Boulogne – Musicians and Soldiers (approximate date)
- Orazio Gentileschi – The Lute Player (approximate date)
- Frans Hals – Portrait of Isaak Abrahamsz. Massa
- Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt – George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
- Rembrandt
- The Angel and the Prophet Balaam
- Consul Cerialis and the Germanic Legions
- A Musical Gathering
- The Rest on the Flight to Egypt (etching)
- Tobit and Anna with the Kid
- Peter Paul Rubens
- Assumption of the Virgin Mary
- Christ Appointing Saint Roch as Patron Saint of Plague Victims (altarpiece, completed)
- Diego Velázquez – Portrait of the Infante Don Carlos
Births
- January - Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish landscape painter (died 1699)
- September 27 – Karel Dujardin, Dutch animal and landscape painter (died 1678)
- November 30 – Cesare Pronti, Italian painter of quadratura and allegorical figures (died 1708)
- date unknown
- Federico Agnelli, Italian engraver and printer, active in Milan (died 1702)
- Alessandro Badiale, Italian painter and engraver (died 1671)
- Pieter Boel, Flemish painter (died 1674)
- Jan van de Cappelle, Dutch Golden Age painter of seascapes and winter landscapes (died 1679)
- Andrea Carlone, Italian painter (died 1697)
- Carlo Cesio, Italian painter active in Rome (died 1686)
- Lorenzo Tinti, Italian painter and engraver (died 1672)
- Simon Ushakov, Russian graphic artist (died 1686)
- probable
- Bada Shanren (also known as Zhou Da), Chinese calligrapher and painter of shuimohua (died 1705)
- Francis Barlow, English painter, etcher, and illustrator (died 1704)
- Pierre Prieur, French enamel painter (died 1676)
- Jan Steen, Dutch genre painter of the Dutch Golden Age) (died 1679)
Deaths
- February 21 – Cardinal Odoardo Farnese, patron of the arts (born 1573)
- February 23 – Enea Salmeggia, Italian painter from Bergamo (born 1556)
- April – Antiveduto Grammatica, proto-Baroque Italian painter nicknamed Antiveduto ("foreseen") (born 1571)
- September 8 – Juan Sánchez Cotán, Spanish painter (born 1560)
- September 9 – Abraham Govaerts, Flemish painter of cabinet works
- date unknown
- Agustín del Castillo, Spanish painter (born 1565)
- Anastasio Fontebuoni, Italian painter (born 1571)
- Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli, Italian painter of frescoes and altarpieces (born 1573)
- Giovanni Niccolo, Italian Jesuit painter (born 1560)
- Cristoforo Roncalli, Italian painter (born 1552)
- Sebastian Sebastiani, Italian sculptor and founder (born unknown)
- Adriaen de Vries, Dutch sculptor (born 1556)
- probable – Denis van Alsloot, Flemish painter (born 1570)