1661

Rulers:

• Felipe IV, King of Spain (1621-1665)

Events:

Kunstmuseum Basel established in Basel.

Deaths:

• Trip, Jacob (c.1576-1661)

Literature:

• Molière (1622-1673): Don Garcia of Navarre (1661)

• Molière (1622-1673): The School for Husbands (1661)

• Molière (1622-1673): The Bores: A Comedy in Three Acts (1661)

Art:

• Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663): Morte di Cleopatra (1660-62)

• Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663): Morte di Cleopatra (1661-62)

Giordano, Luca (1634-1705): La lotta tra Ercole e Nesso (c.1660-65)

Murillo, Bartolomé (1617-1682): Cristo en la cruz (1660-70)

Murillo, Bartolomé (1617-1682): Ecce Homo (1660-70)

Murillo, Bartolomé (1617-1682): Magdalena penitente (c.1650-65)

• Rembrandt (1606-1669): Christ resurrected (1661)

• Rembrandt (1606-1669): Portrait of a Man (1661)

• Rembrandt (1606-1669): Portrait of Jacob Trip (c.1661)

• Rembrandt (1606-1669): Portrait of Margaretha de Geer (1661)

• Rembrandt (1606-1669): Portrait of Margaretha de Geer (c.1661)

• Rembrandt (1606-1669): Saint Matthew and the Angel (1661)

• Rembrandt (1606-1669): Self Portrait as the Apostle Paul (1661)

• Rembrandt (1606-1669): The Circumcision (1661)

Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712): A View in Cologne (c.1660-65)

Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712): The Stone Bridge (c.1660-72)

• Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675): The Glass of Wine (c.1661)

• Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675): View of Delft (1660-61)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664): La Inmaculada Concepción (1661)