1629 in art explained

Events from the year 1629 in art.

Events

Pope Urban VIII asks Bernini to sketch possible renovations to the Trevi Fountain

January - Gabriël Metsu, Dutch painter (died 1667)
September 4 - Lorenzo Pasinelli, Italian painter in a Mannerism style of genre-like allegories (died 1700)
December - Pieter de Hooch, Dutch painter (died 1684)
date unknown
- Antonio Vela Cobo, Spanish Baroque painter, sculptor and gilder (died 1675)
- Pierre Le Gros the Elder, French sculptor for the Versailles (died 1714)
- Giovanni Peruzzini, Italian painter of lunettes and religious themed works (died 1694)
- Giovan Battista Ruoppolo, Neapolitan painter, notable for still-lifes (died 1693)

March 29 - Jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch painter and engraver (born 1565)
May 6 - Otto van Veen, painter, draughtsman, and humanist (born 1556)
August 21 – Camillo Procaccini, Italian painter, in 1571 a student in the Bolognese painters' guild (born 1551)
August 29 - Pietro Bernini, Italian sculptor and father of the more famous Gianlorenzo Bernini (born 1562)
November - Filippo Napoletano, Italian artist of diverse paintings of exotic soldiers, skeletons of animals, or cityscapes (born 1587)
November 1 - Hendrick ter Brugghen, Dutch painter, and a leading member of the Dutch followers of Caravaggio (born 1588)
December 4 - Grazio Cossali, Italian painter (born 1563)
date unknown
- Abdón Castañeda, Spanish Baroque painter (born 1580)
- Bartolomeo Cesi, Italian painter of the Bolognese School (born 1556)
- Carlo Maderno, Italian sculptor (born 1556)
- Aegidius Sadeler II, Flemish engraver of the Sadeler family (born 1570)
- Jacob van Doordt, Dutch portrait miniature painter (born unknown)
- Antonio Vassilacchi, Greek painter active in Venice (born 1556)