1650 in art
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Paintings
- Claude LorrainClaude LorrainClaude Lorrain, , traditionally just Claude in English Claude Lorrain, , traditionally just Claude in English (also Claude Gellée, his real name, or in French Claude Gellée, , dit le Lorrain) Claude Lorrain, , traditionally just Claude in English (also Claude Gellée, his real name, or in French...
– Coast Scene with the landing of Aeneas and View of La Crescenza - Gerard DouGerard DouGerrit Dou , also known as Gerard and Douw or Dow, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, whose small, highly-polished paintings are typical of the Leiden fijnschilders...
– The Dutch Housewife - Aniello FalconeAniello FalconeAniello Falcone was an Italian Baroque painter, active in Naples and noted for his painted depictions of battle scenes.-Biography:...
– The Anchorite
Births
- April 20 - Felice BoselliFelice BoselliFelice Boselli was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Piacenza. He was not the pupil of Giuseppe Nuvolone, the son of Panfilo, as some have stated, but instead of Giuseppe's brother, Michelangelo Nuvolone...
, Italian painter, active mainly in PiacenzaPiacenzaPiacenza is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Piacenza...
(d. 17321732 in art-Works:* Canaletto – View of the Entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.* Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin – Lady Sealing a Letter.* William Hogarth – A Midnight Modern Conversation; A Harlot's Progress -Births:...
) - October - Jan MortelJan MortelJan Mortel was a Dutch painter.Mortel was a pupil of Jan Porcellis van Delden. Mortel painted primarily still lifes, often combining fruits and flowers with insects and butterflies. In 1690 he was appointed as Leiden University's official artist. -References:* in the RKD databases...
, Dutch painter (d. 17191719 in art-Paintings:* Antoine Watteau, Pierrot-Births:* May 29 – Lorenzo De Caro, Neapolitan painter * August 25 – Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter...
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- Rinaldo BottiRinaldo BottiRinaldo Botti was an Italian painter active in the Baroque period. He was born in Florence. He was a pupil of Jacopo Chiavistelli, and specialized in quadratura.-References:...
, Italian painter born in FlorenceFlorenceFlorence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
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- Rinaldo Botti
- Margherita CaffiMargherita CaffiMargherita Caffi was an Italian painter of still lifes of flowers and fruit. She was born in Cremona and died in Milan.-References:...
– ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
woman painter of Still lifes of flowers and fruit (d. 17101710 in art-Births:*March 8 – Gaetano Majorano, Italian castrato and opera singer *May 8 – Peter Anton von Verschaffelt, Flemish sculptor and architect *May 23 – François Gaspard Adam, French rococo sculptor...
)- Bernardino CiceriBernardino CiceriBernardino Ciceri was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Pavia. He was a pupil of the painter Carlo Sacchi in Rome. One of his pupils was Gioseffo Cristona. He painted the Baptism of Christ for the church of il Carmine in Pavia.-References:...
, Italian painter (d. unknown) - Alessandro MariAlessandro MariAlessandro Mari was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.While born in Turin, Mari soon left to train under Domenico Piola, next under Pietro Liberi, and again under Lorenzo Pasinelli; always uniting the practice of painting with the cultivation of poetry...
, Italian painter of capricci and symbolical representations (d. 17071707 in art-Births:*March 2 – Louis-Michel van Loo, French painter *date unknown**William Hoare, English painter, noted for his pastels **Francisco Salzillo, Spanish sculptor **Giuseppe Bonito, Neapolitan painter of the Rococo period...
) - Carlo MoscatielloCarlo MoscatielloCarlo Moscatiello was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active near his natal city of Naples. He was active in quadratura.-References:...
, Italian painter of quadratura (d. 17391739 in art-Paintings:* François Boucher , paints The Breakfast.-Births:*?August – Francis Towne, English water-colour painter *August 21 – Mariano Salvador Maella, Spanish painter and engraver...
) - Giovanni Francesco VenturiniGiovanni Francesco VenturiniGiovanni Francesco Venturini was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.He was born in Rome. From the style of his engraving, it is probable that he was a pupil ot Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi...
, Italian painter and engraver (d. 17101710 in art-Births:*March 8 – Gaetano Majorano, Italian castrato and opera singer *May 8 – Peter Anton von Verschaffelt, Flemish sculptor and architect *May 23 – François Gaspard Adam, French rococo sculptor...
) - Jean-Baptiste SanterreJean-Baptiste Santerre-Biography:Santerre was born at Magny-en-Vexin, near Pontoise. A pupil of Bon Boullogne, he began his painting career at a portraitist, with a notable work being a portrait of Marie Leszczyńska with the Maison de St Cyr in the background . He won a major reputation thanks to his academies...
, FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
painter (d. 17171717 in art-Births:*February 17 – Adam Friedrich Oeser, German etcher, painter and sculptor *June 20 – Jacques Saly, French sculptor *August 11 – Giovanni Carlo Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect, designer, and painter *date unknown...
) - Huang DingHuang DingHuang Ding ; ca. 1650-1730 was a Chinese landscape painter and poet active during the Qing Dynasty ....
, ChineseChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
landscape painter and poet during the Qing DynastyQing DynastyThe Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China....
(d. 17301730 in art-Births:*January 15 – Mauro Antonio Tesi, Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Bologna *April 1 – Solomon Gessner, Swiss painter and poet *July 12 – Josiah Wedgwood, English potter...
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- Bernardino Ciceri
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- Valerio BaldassariValerio BaldassariValerio Baldassari was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was born in Pescia, and trained with Pietro Dandini. He is said to have labored with such "speedy flair" ... that his works look rather like preliminary drafts that finished paintings" Valerio Baldassari (c.1650- after 1695) was...
, Italian painter (d. 16951695 in art-Paintings:* Mei Qing paints Two Immortals on Huangshan-Births:* Miguel Cabrera – Indigenous Zapotec painter, * Laurent Delvaux – French sculptor * Elias Gottlob Haussmann – German painter in the late Baroque era...
) - Domenico Maria BonaveraDomenico Maria BonaveraDomenico Maria Bonavera Domenico Maria Bonavera Domenico Maria Bonavera (c. 1650- was an Italian engraver. He was born in Bologna. He trained in engraving with his uncle Domenico Maria Canuti. His plates are chiefly etched and finished with the dry point. He engraved eighteen plates from the...
, Italian engraver (d. unknown) - Giovanni CantiGiovanni CantiGiovanni Canti was an Italian painter of the Baroque. Born in Parma. Active in early 18th century. Among his pupils were Giuseppe Bazzani and Francesco Maria Raineri. He resided chiefly at Mantua, where he painted mainly battle-pieces and landscapes.-References:...
, Italian] painter of the BaroqueBaroqueThe Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
(d. 17161716 in art-Births:*March 19 – Guillaume Coustou the Younger, painter *March 25 – Alexei Antropov, Russian barocco painter *June 18 – Joseph-Marie Vien, French painter *December 1 – Étienne Maurice Falconet, French Rococo sculptor...
) - Garret MorpheyGarret MorpheyGarret Morphey was an Irish painter.-Career:One of the earliest, if not the earliest, Irish painters, Morphey practised in Dublin. He was most likely a pupil of Gaspar Smitz, a Dutch painter who worked in Ireland, though he is also recorded as having been an assistant to Edmund Ashfield in London...
, IrishIrish peopleThe Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
painter of portraits, genre works and landscapes (d. 17161716 in art-Births:*March 19 – Guillaume Coustou the Younger, painter *March 25 – Alexei Antropov, Russian barocco painter *June 18 – Joseph-Marie Vien, French painter *December 1 – Étienne Maurice Falconet, French Rococo sculptor...
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- Valerio Baldassari
Deaths
- January 17 - Tommaso DolabellaTommaso DolabellaTommaso Dolabella was a Baroque painter from Venice, who settled in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at the royal court of King Sigismund III Vasa. He was later supported by Sigismund's son, Władysław IV Waza. In Warsaw he opened a workshop for artists.-External links:*...
, painter from VeniceVeniceVenice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
(b. 15701570 in art-Births:* Giuseppe Agellio – Italian painter of the Baroque period * Giulio Cesare Angeli – Italian painter of the early Baroque * Francesco Curradi – Italian painter of the style described as Contra-Maniera or Counter-Mannerism...
) - January 18 – Matteo RosselliMatteo RosselliMatteo Rosselli was an Italian painter of the late Florentine Counter-Maniera and early Baroque. He is best known however for his highly-populated grand-manner historical paintings.-Biography:...
, painter (b. 15781578 in art-Births:*March 17 – Francesco Albani, Italian painter *August 10 – Matteo Rosselli, Italian painter of historical paintings in the late Florentine and early Baroque *October 12 – Baldassare Aloisi, Italian portrait painter and engraver...
) - June 19 – Matthäus MerianMatthäus MerianMatthäus Merian der Ältere was a Swiss-born engraver who worked in Frankfurt for most of his career, where he also ran a publishing house.-Early life and marriage:...
, Swiss engraver (born 15931593 in art-Paintings: *Caravaggio – Boy with a Basket of Fruit-Births:*March 13 - Georges de La Tour, painter from the Duchy of Lorraine, now in France *May 19 - Jacob Jordaens, Flemish Baroque painter from the Antwerp school of painting...
) - July 20 - Iwasa MatabeiIwasa Matabeiwas a Japanese artist who specialized in genre scenes of historical events and illustrations of classical Chinese and Japanese literature, as well as portraits. He was the son of Araki Murashige, a prominent daimyo of the Sengoku period. Matabei's work was noted for its distinctive figures, with...
, Japanese painter (b. 15781578 in art-Births:*March 17 – Francesco Albani, Italian painter *August 10 – Matteo Rosselli, Italian painter of historical paintings in the late Florentine and early Baroque *October 12 – Baldassare Aloisi, Italian portrait painter and engraver...
) - December Jan PynasJacob PynasThe brothers Jan Symonsz Pynas and Jacob Symonsz Pynas were Dutch painters of the Baroque period. Their sister Meynsge married the artist Jan Tengnagel in 1611...
– Dutch Baroque painter (b. 15831583 in art-Events:*Italian Jesuit painter Giovanni Niccolo is sent to Portuguese Japan to found a painters' seminary.-Paintings:*Annibale Carracci – Crucifixion*Joseph Heintz – Venus and Adonis...
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- Giovanni Battista BarbianiGiovanni Battista BarbianiGiovanni Battista Barbiani was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Ravenna. Among his works are altarpieces of St. Andrew and St. Joseph for the Franciscan church. For the dome of the chapel of the Madonna del Sudore in the Cathedral of Ravenna, he painted a fresco of the...
, ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
painter of the BaroqueBaroqueThe Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
period (b. 15931593 in art-Paintings: *Caravaggio – Boy with a Basket of Fruit-Births:*March 13 - Georges de La Tour, painter from the Duchy of Lorraine, now in France *May 19 - Jacob Jordaens, Flemish Baroque painter from the Antwerp school of painting...
) - Martin DroeshoutMartin DroeshoutMartin Droeshout was an English engraver of Flemish descent, whose fame rests completely on the fact that he made the title portrait for William Shakespeare's collected works, the First Folio of 1623, edited by John Heminges and Henry Condell, fellow actors of the Bard.-Shakespeare:Droeshout would...
, engraver (b. 16011601 in art-Paintings:*Caravaggio**Crucifixion of St. Peter**Supper at Emmaus**The Conversion of Saint Paul**Conversion on the Way to Damascus-Births:*January 19 - Guido Cagnacci, Italian painter of the Bolognese School...
) - Nicodemo FerrucciNicodemo FerrucciNicodemo Ferrucci was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Rome. He was born in Fiesole. He was the pupil of the painter Domenico Passignano, and assisted him in frescoes in Rome. Also was a prolific painter of portraits, including contemporary artists from Tuscany.-References:...
, Italian painter (b. 15741574 in art-Births:* Nicodemo Ferrucci – Italian painter of the Baroque period * Baccio Ciarpi – Italian painter * Francesco Brizio – Italian painter and engraver of the Bolognese School...
) - Pietro TestaPietro TestaPietro Testa was an Italian High Baroque artist, best known, both to his contemporaries and modern appreciation, as a printmaker and draftsman, who was active in Rome.-Biography:...
, Italian High BaroqueBaroqueThe Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
artist (b. 16111611 in art-Paintings:*Frans Hals - Jacobus Zaffius -Births:*February 24 - William Dobson, English portrait painter *March 15 - Jan Fyt, Flemish animal painter and etcher...
) - Bartlomiej StrobelBartlomiej StrobelBartlomiej Strobel, or Bartholomäus Strobel was a German baroque painter from Silesia who worked in Poland.-Biography:He studied art in the studio of his father. He spent time in Vienna and in Prague...
, painter (b. 15911591 in art-Events:*Antiveduto Grammatica leaves the studio of Giovanni Domenico Angelini to set up as an independent artist.*William Scrots' anamorphic portrait of King Edward VI of England causes a sensation when it is exhibited at Whitehall Palace.-Births:...
) - Giovanni Battista BarcaGiovanni Battista BarcaGiovanni Battista Barca was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was born in Mantua, but became a citizen of Verona. He appears to have been a pupil of Domenico Fetti.-References:...
, Italian painter (b. 15941594 in art-Paintings:*Tintoretto – The Last Supper*Caravaggio**The Cardsharps**The Fortune Teller -Births:*June 15 - Nicolas Poussin, French painter in the classical style...
) - Giovanni CampinoGiovanni CampinoGiovanni Campino was an Italian painter. He was born in Camerino. He traveled to Antwerp, and apprenticed under Abraham Janssens, then returned to Italy. He painted some pictures at Rome with sufficient success to procure him an invitation to the Spanish Court in Madrid, where he died.-References:...
, Italian painter from CamerinoCamerinoCamerino is a small town of 7.135 inhabitants in the Marches , in the province of Macerata, Italy. It is located in the Apennines bordering Umbria, between the valleys of the rivers Potenza and Chienti, about 40 miles from Ancona....
(b. 15901590 in art-Works:* Annibale Carracci - The Beaneater* Hendrick De Clerck - Anne with the Virgin and Child for the Kapellekerk in Brussels ....
) - Antonio RandaAntonio RandaAntonio Randa was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Ferrara, Modena, and his native Bologna.Randa first trained with Guido Reni, but afterwards worked under Lucio Massari. he then gained the patronage of the Duke of Modena . He painted a San Filippo Neri for the church of S....
, Italian painter active in FerraraFerraraFerrara is a city and comune in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara. It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north...
(b. unknown) - Alessandro VitaliAlessandro VitaliAlessandro Vitali was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance and Baroque periods. He was born at Urbino, was a follower of Federico Barocci.-References:...
, Italian painter of the late-RenaissanceRenaissanceThe Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
and BaroqueBaroqueThe Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
periods (b. 15801580 in art-Births:*January 20 – Stefano Amadei – Italian still-life painter *July 18 – Giovanni Giacomo Semenza – Italian painter of the early Baroque period *date unknown**Cesare Aretusi – Italian painter primarily of portraits...
) - Zeng JingZeng JingZeng Jing ; ca. 1568-1650 was a Chinese painter during the Ming Dynasty .Zeng was born in Putian in the Fujian province. He lived and worked in Nanjing, painting using light and shade. The style was distinctive enough that it became known as "Bochen Style", after Zeng's style name...
, ChineseChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
painter during the Ming DynastyMing DynastyThe Ming Dynasty, also Empire of the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. The Ming, "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history", was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic...
(b. 15681568 in art-Births:* Alessandro Albini – Italian painter of the early Baroque period * Jan Brueghel the Elder, Flemish painter * Guglielmo Caccia called il Moncalvo – Italian painter who specialised in altar-pieces...
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- Giovanni Battista Barbiani