1674 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...
painted Seaport (see image). - Willem van de Velde the ElderWillem van de Velde the ElderWillem van de Velde the Elder was a Dutch Golden Age seascape painter.-Biographical Outline:Willem van de Velde, known as the Elder, a marine draughtsman and painter, was born in Leiden, the son of a Flemish skipper, Willem Willemsz. van de Velde, and is commonly said to have been bred to the sea...
painted the First Battle of SchooneveldBattle of SchooneveldThe Battles of Schooneveld were two naval battles of the Franco-Dutch War, fought off the coast of the Netherlands on 7 June and 14 June 1673 between an allied Anglo-French fleet commanded by Prince Rupert of the Rhine, and the fleet of the United Provinces, commanded by Michiel de Ruyter.The...
Births
- January 12 – Alexis Simon BelleAlexis Simon BelleAlexis Simon Belle was a French portrait painter, known for his portraits of the French and Jacobite nobility.-Birth:...
FrenchFrench peopleThe French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
portrait painterPortraitthumb|250px|right|Portrait of [[Thomas Jefferson]] by [[Rembrandt Peale]], 1805. [[New-York Historical Society]].A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness,...
(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...
) - June 28 – Pier Leone GhezziPier Leone GhezziPier Leone Ghezzi was an Italian Rococo painter and caricaturist active in Rome.Ghezzi was born in Rome. His father, Giuseppe Ghezzi, , also trained Antonio Amorosi, and was a secretary to the Roman Accademia di San Luca...
, Italian 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...
painter and caricaturistCaricatureA caricature is a portrait that exaggerates or distorts the essence of a person or thing to create an easily identifiable visual likeness. In literature, a caricature is a description of a person using exaggeration of some characteristics and oversimplification of others.Caricatures can be...
active in RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
(d. 17551755 in art-Events:* Canaletto returns from England to Venice, where he continues painting until his death in 1768.-Paintings:* Jean-Honoré Fragonard – Musical Contest-Births:*April 16 – Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun, French painter...
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- Giuseppe PalmieriGiuseppe PalmieriGiuseppe Palmieri was an Italian painter of the late Baroque period.Palmieri was born in Genoa. Orphaned as a baby, he came into the care of an uncle. As a boy, after his uncle died, he was apprenticed to an unidentified Tuscan painter, with whom he travelled through Italy, including a long stay...
, Italian painter (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...
) - Diego Francesco CarloneDiego Francesco CarloneDiego Francesco Carlone was an Italian sculptor.Carlone was born in Scaria into a family of artists. His father owned a workshop where Carlone learned the sculpting trade and eventually inherited the business. The workshop produced stucco decorations for a number of churches in the neighboring...
, Italian sculptor (d. 17501750 in art-Paintings:* Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin paints Still Life with Glass Flask and Fruit, notable for reflected light on glass/silver* Thomas Gainsborough paints Mr and Mrs Andrews* Maruyama Okyo paints The Ghost of Oyuki in ink on silk-Births:...
) - Giampietro ZanottiGiampietro ZanottiGiampietro Zanotti was an Italian painter and art historian of the late-Baroque or Rococo period.He studied painting in Bologna with Lorenzo Pasinelli. In the first decade of the 18th century, he became one of the founding members of the artists' academy in Bologna , known as the Accademia...
, Italian painter and art historian 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...
or 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...
period (d. 17651765 in art-Paintings:*Jean-Honoré Fragonard – Coresus et Callirhoe*William Pars – The Parthenon when it contained a mosque. Published in James Stuart and Nicholas Revett "The Antiquities of Athens" -Births:...
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- Giuseppe Palmieri
- probable – Onofrio AvellinoOnofrio AvellinoOnofrio Avellino was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.Born in Naples, Giulio died in Ferrara or Rome, where he painted for the last twenty years of his life. He initially trained underLuca Giordano, but in 1692, he entered the studio of the Neapolitan Francesco Solimene...
, 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 (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...
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Deaths
- February – Leonaert BramerLeonaert BramerLeonaert/Leonard Bramer alias Nestelghat was a Dutch painter, best known for probably being one of the teachers of Johannes Vermeer, although there is no similarity between their work. Bramer's dark and exotic style is unlike Vermeer's style...
, 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 (b. 15961596 in art-Paintings:Caravaggio - The Lute Player 1596-Births:*January 13 - Jan van Goyen, Dutch landscape painter *February 2 - Jacob van Campen, Dutch artist and architect of the Golden Age...
) - June 4 – Jan LievensJan LievensJan Lievens was a Dutch painter, usually associated with Rembrandt, working in a similar style.-Biography:According to Arnold Houbraken, Jan was the son of Lieven Hendriksze, a tapestry worker , and was trained by Joris Verschoten. He was sent to Pieter Lastman in Amsterdam at about the age of 10...
, Dutch painter and visual artist (b. 16071607 in art-Paintings:* Caravaggio**Saint Jerome Writing**Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt and his Page**Flagellation of Christ**The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew**The Seven Works of Mercy**David with the Head of Goliath ...
) - July 30 – Karel ŠkrétaKarel ŠkrétaKarel Škréta or Carolus Creten was a Czech Baroque painter.- Biography :His full name is Karel Škréta Šotonovský ze Závořic. Karel learnt painting perhaps from one of the masters at the royal courtyard. He studied in Saxony and in Italy...
, Czech Baroque painter (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:...
) - September 29 – Gerbrand van den EeckhoutGerbrand van den EeckhoutGerbrand van den Eeckhout , was a Dutch Golden Age painter and a favourite student of Rembrandt. He was also an etcher, an amateur poet, a collector and an adviser on art.-Biography:...
, Dutch Golden AgeDutch Golden AgeThe Golden Age was a period in Dutch history, roughly spanning the 17th century, in which Dutch trade, science, military and art were among the most acclaimed in the world. The first half is characterised by the Eighty Years' War till 1648...
painter (b. 16211621 in art-Paintings:* Giovanni Francesco Barbieri painted The Suicide of Cleopatra.* Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri painted Virgin and Child.* Domenico Zampieri painted The Assumption of Mary Magdalene into Heaven.-Births:...
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- Pieter BoelPieter BoelPieter Boel was a Flemish Baroque painter who specialised in lavish still lifes.-Biography:Boel was born in Antwerp. He probably went to Italy in 1650. In 1668, he worked for Charles Le Brun in his first tapestry making studio...
, Flemish painter (b. 16261626 in art-Works:*Rembrandt**The Angel and the Prophet Balaam**Consul Cerialis and the Germanic Legions**A Musical Gathering**The Rest on the Flight to Egypt **Tobit and Anna with the Kid-Births:...
) - Pieter de Jode IIPieter de Jode II-Biography:He learned drawing and engraving from his father, Pieter de Jode I , whose engravings were a source for Karel van Mander. He travelled to Paris with him to make engravings, and on his return he married Justa Galle, the widow of Adriaen Collaert and the daughter of Philip Galle.He started...
, 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...
) - Vincenzo ManentiVincenzo ManentiVincenzo Manenti was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.He was born and active in Canimorto in the province of Sabina. where he had been first a pupil of his father, Ascanio Manenti, but then apprenticed with Giuseppe Cesari and Domenichino. He painted a St. Stefano for the cathedral at...
, 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 who worked on the cathedral at TivoliTivoli, ItalyTivoli , the classical Tibur, is an ancient Italian town in Lazio, about 30 km east-north-east of Rome, at the falls of the Aniene river where it issues from the Sabine hills...
(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...
) - Kanō TanyūKano Tanyuwas one of the foremost Japanese painters of the Kanō school. His original given name was Morinobu; he was the eldest son of Kanō Takanobu and grandson of Kanō Eitoku. Many of the most famous and widely known Kanō works today are by Tan'yū....
, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese painter (b. 16021602 in art-Paintings:*Pieter Brueghel the Younger - The Procession to Calvary*Caravaggio**The Inspiration of Saint Matthew**The Taking of Christ**Amor Vincit Omnia**Saint Matthew and the Angel**John the Baptist ...
) - Tomás de YepesTomás de YepesTomás Yepes was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period. He was born and active in Valencia as a painter of bodegones. He died at Valencia.-References:...
, Spanish painter of primarily bodegónBodegónThe term bodega in Spanish can mean "pantry", "tavern", or "wine cellar". The derivative term bodegón is an augmentative that refers to a large bodega, usually in a derogatory fashion...
s (b. 15951595 in art-Paintings:*Caravaggio**The Musicians**Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy**Bacchus*Fabrizio Santafede – Madonna with Saints-Births:*April 6 - Pieter de Molijn, Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver born in England...
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- Pieter Boel
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- Kun CanKun CanKūn Cán was a Chinese painter from Hunan who spent most of his life in Nanjing. He became a Chan Buddhism monk at an early age and in Nanjing was abbot of a monastery on Niushou Shan. His style of landscape painting was influenced by Wang Meng and he is one of the Four Monk Masters in the early...
, Chinese painter from HunanHunan' is a province of South-Central China, located to the south of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting...
who spent most of his life in NanjingNanjing' is the capital of Jiangsu province in China and has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having been the capital of China on several occasions...
(b. 16121612 in art-Births:*February 9 - Pier Francesco Mola, Italian painter of frescoes *April 12 - Simone Cantarini, Italian painter and etcher of the Bolognese School of painting...
) - Bartolommeo TorregianiBartolommeo TorregianiBartolommeo Torregiani was an Italian painter of the Baroque. He was a follower of Salvatore Rosa, and painted landscapes and portraits. He is said to have died in 1674.-References:...
, Italian painter of landscapes and portraits (b. unknown)
- Kun Can