1664 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...
- Landscape with Psyche outside the Palace of Cupid (approx. date)
Births
- Torii Kiyonobu ITorii Kiyonobu Iwas a Japanese painter and printmaker in the ukiyo-e style, who is renowned for his work on Kabuki signboards and related materials. Along with his father Torii Kiyomoto, he is said to have been one of the founders of the Torii school of painting....
– Japanese painter and printmaker in the ukiyo-eUkiyo-e' is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries, featuring motifs of landscapes, tales from history, the theatre, and pleasure quarters...
style, especially on KabukiKabukiis classical Japanese dance-drama. Kabuki theatre is known for the stylization of its drama and for the elaborate make-up worn by some of its performers.The individual kanji characters, from left to right, mean sing , dance , and skill...
signboards (d. 17291729 in art-Paintings:* Hogarth painted Act III of The Beggar's Opera.* François Lemoyne painted Pygmalion Watching his Statue Come to Life.* Antonio David painted portraits of Prince Charles Edward Stuart and his brother Prince Henry....
) - Giuseppe AlbertiGiuseppe AlbertiGiuseppe Alberti was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was born at Cavalese, in what was then Austrian Tyrol. After having studied medicine at Padua he decided to become a painter and architect. He worked under Pietro Liberi in Venice, then in Rome, and finally settled at Trieste....
– 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 (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...
) - Giacomo BologniniGiacomo BologniniGiacomo Bolognini was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. The nephew of Giovanni Battista Bolognini, he was born in Bologna. Married to Antonia Margherita Contoli, he had two sons, Giovanni Battista and Francesco, and four daughters, Anna, Olimpia, Rosalba and Teresa.Following tutelage under...
– 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...
(d. 17341734 in art-Events:* Engraving Copyright Act in Britain protects original engravings.-Paintings:* Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin paints The House of Cards-Births:* March 9 – Marie-Suzanne Giroust, French painter...
) - Giovanni Antonio Capelli – 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 late-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. 17411741 in art-Paintings:* Pietro Longhi painted "La lezione di danza".-Births:*February 7 – Henry Fuseli, British painter, draughtsman, and writer on art *March 18 - Alexander Kucharsky, Polish portrait painter...
) - Johann Melchior DinglingerJohann Melchior DinglingerJohann Melchior Dinglinger was one of Europe's greatest goldsmiths, whose major works for the elector of Saxony, Augustus the Strong, survived in the Grünes Gewölbe , Dresden....
– one of Europe's greatest goldsmithGoldsmithA goldsmith is a metalworker who specializes in working with gold and other precious metals. Since ancient times the techniques of a goldsmith have evolved very little in order to produce items of jewelry of quality standards. In modern times actual goldsmiths are rare...
s, German artist in a ManneristMannerismMannerism is a period of European art that emerged from the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520. It lasted until about 1580 in Italy, when a more Baroque style began to replace it, but Northern Mannerism continued into the early 17th century throughout much of Europe...
tradition into the "Age of RococoRococoRococo , also referred to as "Late Baroque", is an 18th-century style which developed as Baroque artists gave up their symmetry and became increasingly ornate, florid, and playful...
" (d. 17311731 in art-Events:*János Krucsay donates the Krucsay Altar to the Franciscan Church in Nyírbátor-Works:*Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin – The White Tablecloth*William Hogarth – A Harlot's Progress...
) - Guglielmo da LeoniGuglielmo da LeoniGuglielmo da Leoni was an Italian painter and engraver. He was born at Parma. He was reputedly a pupil of Giulio Romano, but he soon abandoned painting for engraving.-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...
painter and engraver (d. 17401740 in art-Works:* Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin – The Morning Toilette-Births:*May 28 - Fedot Shubin, Russian sculptor *September 7 - Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor...
) - Rolando MarchelliRolando MarchelliRolando Marchelli was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in his natal city of Genoa.-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...
painter from GenoaGenoaGenoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
(d. unknown) - Alessandro MarchesiniAlessandro MarchesiniAlessandro Marchesini was an Italian painter and art merchant of the late-Baroque and Rococo, active in Northern Italy and Venice. He first trained in Verona with Biagio Falcieri and then with Calza. He then moved to Bologna, to work in the studio of Carlo Cignani. He is described as gaining fame...
– 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 allegories with small figures (d. 17381738 in art-Paintings:* Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin paints The Wash Barrell.-Births:*June 4 - George III of the United Kingdom, patron of the arts and collector *July William Wynne Ryland, English engraver...
) - Giuseppe Piamontini – 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...
sculptor (d. 17421742 in art-Works:*François Boucher – Diana Leaving her Bath.*William Hogarth – "Taste in High Life" .*Jacques Saly – Portrait bust of Emanuel Pinto de Fonseca, Grand Master of the Order of the Maltese Cross-Births:...
) - Andreas SchlüterAndreas SchlüterAndreas Schlüter was a German baroque sculptor and architect associated with the Petrine Baroque style of architecture and decoration.-Biography:...
– GermanGermansThe Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
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...
sculptor and architectArchitectAn architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
in the Petrine BaroquePetrine BaroquePetrine Baroque is a name applied by art historians to a style of Baroque architecture and decoration favoured by Peter the Great and employed to design buildings in the newly-founded Russian capital, Saint Petersburg, under this monarch and his immediate successors.Unlike contemporaneous Naryshkin...
style (d. 17141714 in art-Births:*January 26 - Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor *August 1 - Richard Wilson, landscape painter *August 14 - Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter...
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Deaths
- August 27 – Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish painter (born 15981598 in art-Events:*Marin le Bourgeoys is appointed Valet de Chambre to King Henry IV of France. At court he produces artwork, firearms, air guns, crossbows, and movable globes....
) - Giovanni Benedetto CastiglioneGiovanni Benedetto CastiglioneGiovanni Benedetto Castiglione was an Italian Baroque artist, painter, printmaker and draftsman, of the Genoese school. He is best known now for his elaborate engravings, and as the inventor of the printmaking technique of monotyping. He was known as Il Grechetto in Italy and in France as Le...
, Italian painter (b. 16091609 in art-Events:* Hans Krumpper becomes chief sculptor to the Bavarian court under Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria-Paintings:*Caravaggio painted The Raising of Lazarus*Caravaggio painted Adoration of the Shepherds...
) - Michel Corneille the ElderMichel Corneille the ElderMichel Corneille the Elder was a French painter, etcher, and engraver.-Life:Corneille was born in Orléans. He was one of many who studied with the celebrated master Simon Vouet, who exerted a despotic influence over the French School, and impressed his artistic personality so strongly on all his...
– 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...
painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, etcherEtchingEtching is the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio in the metal...
, and engraverEngravingEngraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing...
(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...
) - Salomon de BraySalomon de BraySalomon de Bray was a Dutch Golden Age architect and painter.-Biography:De Bray was born inAmsterdam, but established himself in Haarlem before 1617, where he is registered as being a member of the schutterij that year in the St. Adrian's cloveniers...
(or Braij), Dutch painter (b. 15971597 in art-Works:*Caravaggio**Penitent Magdalene**Rest on the Flight into Egypt**Medusa**Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto*Dong Qichang - Wanluan Thatched Hall...
) - Stefano della BellaStefano della BellaStefano della Bella was an Italian draughtsman and printmaker known for etchings of a great variety of subjects, including military and court scenes, landscapes, and lively genre scenes...
– 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...
printmaker known for etchingEtchingEtching is the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio in the metal...
s of many subjects, including military ones (b. 16101610 in art-Works:*Caravaggio**The Denial of Saint Peter**John the Baptist **The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula**David with the Head of Goliath-Births:...
) - Cornelis Pietersz BegaCornelis Pietersz BegaCornelis Pietersz Bega, or Cornelis Pietersz Begijn was a Dutch painter and engraver.He lived and worked in Haarlem and was the son of sculptor and goldsmith Pieter Jansz. Begijn. His mother Maria was the daughter of the Haarlem painter Cornelis van Haarlem. He assumed the name Bega when he...
(the "Little Master"), DutchNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
painter, etcher and draughtsman (b. 16311631 in art-Paintings:* Willem Claesz Heda - still lifes.* José de Ribera painted landscape, in the Hospital de Tavera in Toledo, Spain.* Nicolas Poussin - Kingdom of Flora.* Rembrandt...
) - Jacob Heinrich ElbfasJacob Heinrich ElbfasJacob Heinrich Elbfas was a portrait painterElbfas was educated in Strasbourg in a tradition dating back to Renaissance portraits. He established himself in Sweden from 1622 and from 1628 in Stockholm where he became a guild master. During the period 1634 to 1640 he worked as a court painter for...
– LivoniaLivoniaLivonia is a historic region along the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea. It was once the land of the Finnic Livonians inhabiting the principal ancient Livonian County Metsepole with its center at Turaida...
-born portraitist (b. 16001600 in art-Works:* Caravaggio**The Calling of St Matthew**The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew* El Greco - View of Toledo-Births:*May - Andrea Vaccaro, Italian Caravaggisti painter in a tenebrist style *date unknown...
) - John Hoskins – EnglishEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
miniaturePortrait miniatureA portrait miniature is a miniature portrait painting, usually executed in gouache, watercolour, or enamel.Portrait miniatures began to flourish in 16th century Europe and the art was practiced during the 17th century and 18th century...
painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
(b. unknown) - Lorenzo LippiLorenzo LippiLorenzo Lippi was an Italian painter and poet.Born in Florence, he studied painting under Matteo Rosselli. Both Baldassare Franceschini and Francesco Furini were also apprenticed with Rosselli...
– 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...
painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
and poetPoetA poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
(b. 16061606 in art-Births:*February 27 – Laurent de La Hire, French painter *July 15 – Rembrandt, Dutch painter * Anthonie Jansz. van der Croos – Dutch painter * Jan Davidsz de Heem – Dutch painter...
) - Hong RenHong RenHong Ren, who is also known as Hongren, was an early Qing painter and a member of the Anhui school of painting. His birth name was Jiang Fang. After the fall of the Ming dynasty he became a monk, as did Zhu Da, Shitao, and Kun Can. They protested the fall of the Ming dynasty by becoming monks...
– Chinese monk and painter of the Xin'an school of painting (b. 16101610 in art-Works:*Caravaggio**The Denial of Saint Peter**John the Baptist **The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula**David with the Head of Goliath-Births:...
) - Jacopo VignaliJacopo VignaliJacopo Vignali was an Italian painter of the early Baroque period.Vignali was born in Pratovecchio, near Arezzo, and initially trained under Matteo Rosselli. He painted the ceiling fresco of the Love of the Fatherland and Jacob's dream for the Casa Buonarroti in Florence. In 1616 he entered the...
, Florentine painter (born 15921592 in art-Works:*Giuseppe Cesari – Cappella Olgiati in Santa Prassede*Tintoretto begins work on the Last Supper fresco *Caravaggio paints Boy Peeling Fruit-Births:...
) - Adam WillaertsAdam WillaertsAdam Willaerts was a Dutch Golden Age painter.-Biography:Willaerts was born in London to Flemish parents who had fled from Antwerp for religious reasons. By 1585 the family lived in Leiden. From 1597 until his death, Adam lived in Utrecht, where he became a member of the Guild of St...
– DutchNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
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. 15771577 in art-Births:* June 28 – Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter * Eugenio Caxés – Spanish painter of the Baroque period * Cristofano Allori – Italian painter * Giacomo Cavedone – Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School...
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- Lan YingLan YingLan Ying ; ca. 1585-1664 was a Chinese painter of landscapes, human figures, flowers and birds who was active during the Ming Dynasty .-Biography:...
– 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 of landscapes, human figures, flowers and birds 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. 15851585 in art-Events:*Approximate start date of Flemish Baroque painting.*The Eclectic Academy of painting, also called the Accademia degli Incamminati, is founded in Bologna by Ludovico Carracci and others....
) - (d. 1664/1673): Antonio Maria VassalloAntonio Maria VassalloAntonio Maria Vassallo was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Genoa, and painting mythologic scenes and still lifes....
– 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 mythologic scenes and still lifes (b. 16201620 in art-Paintings:* Jan Brueghel the Younger - Paradise* Artemisia Gentileschi - Judith Decapitating Holofernes* Orazio Gentileschi - Judith and Holofernes.* Jacob Jordaens - The Satyr and the Farmer's Family...
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