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- Luca GiordanoLuca GiordanoLuca Giordano was an Italian late Baroque painter and printmaker in etching. Fluent and decorative, he worked successfully in Naples and Rome, Florence and Venice, before spending a decade in Spain....
returns to Naples a wealthy man after the death of his patron, Charles II of SpainCharles II of SpainCharles II was the last Habsburg King of Spain and the ruler of large parts of Italy, the Spanish territories in the Southern Low Countries, and Spain's overseas Empire, stretching from the Americas to the Spanish East Indies...
. - Pierre Le Gros the YoungerPierre Le Gros the YoungerPierre Le Gros was a French sculptor, active almost exclusively in Baroque Rome. Nowadays, his name is commonly written Legros, while he himself always signed as Le Gros; he is frequently referred to either as 'the Younger' or 'Pierre II' to distinguish him from his father, Pierre Le Gros the...
is elected to the Accademia di San LucaAccademia di San LucaThe Accademia di San Luca, was founded in 1577 as an association of artists in Rome, under the directorship of Federico Zuccari, with the purpose of elevating the work of "artists", which included painters, sculptors and architects, above that of mere craftsmen. Other founders included Girolamo...
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- January 1 – Antonio Galli Bibiena, Italian architect/painter, also at ViennaViennaVienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
Hofburg (died 17741774 in art-Births:* February 17 – Raphaelle Peale, considered the first professional American painter of still-life * September 5 – Caspar David Friedrich, Romantic painter * Pierre-Narcisse Guérin – French painter...
) - March 3 – Charles-Joseph NatoireCharles-Joseph NatoireCharles-Joseph Natoire was a French painter in the Rococo manner, a pupil of François Lemoyne and director of the French Academy in Rome, 1751-1775...
, painter (died 17771777 in art-Births:*January 2 – Christian Daniel Rauch, sculptor *January 7 – Lorenzo Bartolini, Italian sculptor *March 9 – Aleksander Orłowski, Polish painter and sketch maker, pioneer of lithography in the Russian Empire...
) - May 12 – Luigi VanvitelliLuigi VanvitelliLuigi Vanvitelli was an Italian engineer and architect. The most prominent 18th-century architect of Italy, he practiced a sober classicizing academic Late Baroque style that made an easy transition to Neoclassicism.-Biography:Vanvitelli was born at Naples, the son of a Dutch painter of land and...
, architect (died 17731773 in art-Events:*Francisco Goya marries Josefa Bayeu.*Ulrika Pasch elected in to the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts-Births:*December 9 – Marianne Ehrenström, Swedish writer, singer, painter, pianist, culture personality, and memorialist *date unknown...
) - September 25 – Gaetano ZompiniGaetano ZompiniGaetano Zompini was an Italian printmaker and engraver, known for his prints depicting workers from the lower classes in Venice....
, Italian printmaker and engraver (died 17781778 in art-Paintings:* John Singleton Copley - Watson and the Shark* Goya - Children With a Cart* Gilbert Stuart - Self-portrait-Births:*January 1 - Charles Alexandre Lesueur, artist and explorer...
) - October 10 – Lambert-Sigisbert AdamLambert-Sigisbert AdamLambert-Sigisbert Adam , French sculptor, known as Adam l’aîné to distinguish him from his two sculptor brothers, was born in Nancy, the eldest son of sculptor Jacob-Sigisbert Adam.-Biography:...
, sculptor (died 17591759 in art-Works:*Giambettino Cignaroli – Death of Cato*Thomas Gainsborough – Self-portrait-Births:*January 21 – François Baillairgé, Canadian artist of woodworking, wood-carving, and architecture...
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- Antonio RossiAntonio Rossi (painter)Antonio Rossi was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period, active mainly in Bologna. He was a pupil of the painter Marcantonio Franceschini. He painted for the Basilica of San Domenico in Bologna.-References:...
, Italian painter (died 17731773 in art-Events:*Francisco Goya marries Josefa Bayeu.*Ulrika Pasch elected in to the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts-Births:*December 9 – Marianne Ehrenström, Swedish writer, singer, painter, pianist, culture personality, and memorialist *date unknown...
) - Francesco CaccianigaFrancesco CaccianigaFrancesco Caccianiga was an Italian painter and engraver.He was born in Milan. In Bologna, he became a pupil of Marcantonio Franceschini. He afterwards visited Rome, where he established himself under the patronage of Prince Borghese, for whom he executed some considerable works in the Palazzo and...
, Italian painter and engraver (died 17811781 in art-Works:*Jacques-Louis David – Belisarius begging for alms* Henry Fuseli – The Nightmare-Births:*March – John Burnet, Scottish engraver and painter *March 13 – Karl Friedrich Schinkel, architect and painter...
) - Augustyn MirysAugustyn MirysAugustyn Mirys was a Polish painter.-External links:...
, Polish painter (died 17901790 in art-Works:* Joseph's Dream by Gaetano Gandolfi* Venus überredet Helena Paris zu erhören by Angelica Kauffmann* El Afilador and Sagrada Familia by Francisco de Goya* The Virgin Mary and Infant Jesus served by the Angels by Giuseppe Cades...
) - Antonio JoliAntonio JoliAntonio Joli was an Italian painter of veduta.Born in Modena, he first apprenticed with Rafaello Rinaldi. He then worked in Rome with Panini and the Galli-Bibiena studio. He became a painter of stage sets for the theater in Modena and Perugia...
, ,Italian painter of vedutaVedutaA veduta is a highly detailed, usually large-scale painting of a cityscape or some other vista....
(died 17771777 in art-Births:*January 2 – Christian Daniel Rauch, sculptor *January 7 – Lorenzo Bartolini, Italian sculptor *March 9 – Aleksander Orłowski, Polish painter and sketch maker, pioneer of lithography in the Russian Empire...
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- probable - Giuseppe PeroniGiuseppe PeroniGiuseppe Peroni was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.He was born in Parma, but studied in Bologna as an apprentice of the painters Felice Torelli and Donato Creti, then moved to Rome to work with Agostino Masucci. He painted in the pre-eminent style of his time, the grand manner of Carlo...
, Italian painter of frescoFrescoFresco is any of several related mural painting types, executed on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Greek word affresca which derives from the Latin word for "fresh". Frescoes first developed in the ancient world and continued to be popular through the Renaissance...
es (died 17761776 in art-Births:*February 16 – Abraham Raimbach, engraver *March 30 – Vasily Andreevich Tropinin, painter * June 11 – John Constable, English romantic painter...
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- March 4 - Lorenzo PasinelliLorenzo PasinelliLorenzo Pasinelli was an Italian painter from Bologna of the Baroque period, who trained in the studio of Simone Cantarini....
, Italian painter 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...
style of genre-like allegories (b. 16291629 in art-Events:* Pope Urban VIII asks Bernini to sketch possible renovations to the Trevi Fountain-Births:*January - Gabriël Metsu, Dutch painter *September 4 - Lorenzo Pasinelli, Italian painter in a Mannerism style of genre-like allegories...
) - July 2 - Lambert DoomerLambert DoomerLambert Doomer was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.-Biography:Doomer was the third of nine children of Herman Doomer and his wife Baertje Martens, who ran a successful business in ebony-veneer furniture...
, Dutch painter (b. 16241624 in art-Births:*February 11 - Lambert Doomer, Dutch painter *November - Barent Fabritius, Dutch painter *date unknown**Valerio Castello, Italian painter **Antonio Giusti, Italian painter, active mainly in Florence...
) - September 15 – André Le NôtreAndré Le NôtreAndré Le Nôtre was a French landscape architect and the principal gardener of King Louis XIV of France...
, landscape architect (born 16131613 in art-Births:*February 24 – Mattia Preti, Italian Baroque artist who worked in Italy and Malta *March 12 - André Le Nôtre, landscape architect *April 7 – Gerrit Dou , Dutch painter , pupil of Rembrandt* date unknown...
) - October 29 - Giovanni Giacomo BorniGiovanni Giacomo BorniGiovanni Giacomo Borni was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Lombard in towns near the province of Brescia, including Saviore dell'Adamello. He is also referred in local documents as Gian Giacomo Gaioni or Gajoni detto il Bate or Bornibatte. Also known as Giacomo Borno. He was...
, Italian painter, active in LombardLombardyLombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...
(b. 16351635 in art-Events:*Nicolas Poussin produces The Triumph of Pan and The Triumph of Bacchus to decorate Cardinal Richelieu's château.-Paintings:*Gerard ter Borch – Consultation* Abraham Bosse – Der Ball ...
) - November 7 – Pietro Santi BartoliPietro Santi BartoliPietro Santi Bartoli was an Italian engraver, draughtsman and painter.-Biography:Bartoli was born at Perugia....
, painter and engraver (born 16151615 in art-Births:*January 25 - Govert Flinck, painter of the Dutch Golden Age *June 20 - Salvator Rosa, Italian painter, poet and printmaker *date unknown**Georg Daniel Schultz, Dutch painter...
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- Pietro BellottiPietro BellottiPietro Bellotti was an Italian painter active in the Baroque period. He was born in Salò. He was a pupil of Michele Ferrabosco in Venice. He was patronized by Pope Alexander VIII and by the Duke of Uceda. He lived in Bolzano. He painted mostly portraits. He died at Venice.- Weblinks :...
, Italian painter (b. 16251625 in art-Works:*Pieter Lastman – The Angel and Tobias with the Fish*Rembrandt – The Stoning of Saint Stephen-Births:*May 13 – Carlo Maratta, Italian painter *November 20 – Paulus Potter, Dutch painter specializing in animals in landscapes...
) - Agostino BonisoliAgostino BonisoliAgostino Bonisoli was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Cremona. He was the pupil of the slightly older painter Giovanni Battista Tortirole, and later working with Luigi Miradoro. He painted a Life of St. Anthony for the church of San Francesco in Cremona. He painted in...
, 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...
period, active mainly in CremonaCremonaCremona is a city and comune in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po River in the middle of the Pianura Padana . It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local City and Province governments...
(b. 16331633 in art-Works:*Anthony van Dyck – Self-portrait with a Sunflower*Claude Lorrain – Coast View and Landscape with the Judgment of Paris-Births:*April - Willem Drost, Dutch painter and printmaker -Works:*Anthony van Dyck – Self-portrait with a Sunflower*Claude Lorrain – Coast View and Landscape with the...
) - Matteo GhidoniMatteo GhidoniMatteo Ghidoni was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Born in Florence, he was also known as Matteo dei Pitocchi, due to his dotty and flashy brushstrokes. He painted burlesque genre paintings, similar to those of Alessandro Magnasco. He died in Padua.-References:...
, Italian painter of burlesque genre paintings (b. unknown) - Agostino LammaAgostino LammaAgostino Lamma was an Italian painter, active in Venice and specializing in battle paintings. He was trained under Antonio Calza, and his Siege of Vienna by the Turks, painted in the style of Mattias Stom. He died in Venice.-References:...
, Italian painter specializing in battle paintings (b. 16361636 in art-Paintings:* Nicolas Poussin - The Triumph of Pan and The Triumph of Bacchus * Rembrandt**Belshazzar's Feast .**The Blinding of Samson...
) - Antoine MassonAntoine MassonAntoine Masson was a French line engraver, born at Louvry, near Orléans.He learned engraving as an armorer's apprentice and had no other teaching...
, French line 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. 16361636 in art-Paintings:* Nicolas Poussin - The Triumph of Pan and The Triumph of Bacchus * Rembrandt**Belshazzar's Feast .**The Blinding of Samson...
) - Pedro Nuñez de VillavicencioPedro Nuñez de VillavicencioPedro Nuñez de Villavicencio was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period.He was born and died in Seville. Trained by Murillo. Was named a knight of the order of San Juan. With the order he performed duties in Malta, where he met Mattia Preti. Returning to Spain, along with Murillo, he helped...
, Spanish painter (b. 16351635 in art-Events:*Nicolas Poussin produces The Triumph of Pan and The Triumph of Bacchus to decorate Cardinal Richelieu's château.-Paintings:*Gerard ter Borch – Consultation* Abraham Bosse – Der Ball ...
) - Johannes SkraastadJohannes SkraastadJohannes Skraastad was a Norwegian artist from Vang. He carved a number of well-known altar pieces and pulpits, many of which can still be seen today...
, woodcarver (born 16481648 in art-Paintings:* Claude Lorrain - The Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba; Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah; Landscape with Dancing Figures ; Landscape with Paris and Oenone...
) - Giovanni Maria VianiGiovanni Maria VianiGiovanni Maria Viani was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Bologna.Along with Lorenzo Pasinelli, he trained under Flaminio Torre. Among Giovanni's pupils was his son, Domenico , and Giovanni Girolamo Bonesi. He directed a school at Bologna rivaling that of Carlo Cignani...
, Italian painter and etcher (b. 16361636 in art-Paintings:* Nicolas Poussin - The Triumph of Pan and The Triumph of Bacchus * Rembrandt**Belshazzar's Feast .**The Blinding of Samson...
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- probable - Giulio Giacinto AvellinoGiulio Giacinto AvellinoGiulio Giacinto Avellino was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.Born in Messina, and thus known also as il Messinese. Giulio died in Ferrara, where he mainly painted. He trained with Salvator Rosa, and painted landscapes with ruins and mythic figures in his master's style...
, Italian painter (b. 16451645 in art-Paintings:* approx. date - William Dobson - The Painter with Sir Charles Cottrell and another.* Claude Lorrain - Landscape with Apollo and Mercury .-Births:...
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