1632 in art

Events from year 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.

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp by Rembrandt

January 11 - Adam Frans van der Meulen, Flemish Baroque painter specializing in battle scenes (died 1690)
May 13 - Nicolas Pitau, Flemish engraver and printmaker (died 1671)
August 8 - Johann Carl Loth, German painter active in Venice (died 1698)
September 12 bapt. - Claude Lefèbvre, French painter and engraver (died 1675)
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 religious 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)
- Frederick Kerseboom, German painter (died 1690)
- 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)

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)
- Domenico Falcini, Flemish Renaissance painter and engraver (born 1575)
- (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)