1640 in art
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Paintings
- Rembrandt - Portrait of an Elderly Woman in a White Bonnet
- Diego VelázquezDiego VelázquezDiego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was a Spanish painter who was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary Baroque period, important as a portrait artist...
- Mars RestingMars RestingMars or Resting Mars is a 1640 painting by Diego Velázquez. It is now in the Prado Museum.- Description :...
(Prado Museum)
Births
- June 21 - Abraham MignonAbraham MignonAbraham Mignon or Minjon , was a Dutch golden age painter, specialized in flower bouquets.-Biography:Mignon was born at Frankfurt. His father, a merchant, placed him under the care of the still-life painter Jacob Marrel, when he was only seven years old. Marrel specialized in flower painting, and...
, 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 born at FrankfurtFrankfurtFrankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
(d. 16791679 in art-Works:*François de Troy - Portrait of Nils Bielke*Memorial painting of Isaac Bargrave in Canterbury Cathedral, attributed to Cornelius Jansen-Births:*January 27 – Jean-François de Troy, French painter *April 24 - Francesco Mancini, painter...
) - August 2 - Gérard AudranGérard AudranGérard Audran , was a French engraver of the Audran family, the third son of Claude Audran....
, 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...
engraver of the AudranAudranThe Audrans were a family of French artists, natives of Paris and Lyons.*Charles Audran I *Claude Audran I *Germain Audran , son of Charles I*Claude Audran II , nephew of Charles I...
family (d. 17031703 in art-Births:*February 18 - Corrado Giaquinto, Italian Rococo painter *September 29 - François Boucher, French Rococo painter, engraver and designer *date unknown**Sir Henry Cheere, 1st Baronet, English sculptor...
) - September 11 (or 1641) - Gerard de LairesseGerard de LairesseGerard or Gérard de Lairesse was a Dutch Golden Age painter and art theorist.Lairesse was born in Liège. His broad range of talent included music, poetry, and the theatre. He was perhaps the most celebrated Dutch painter in the period following the death of Rembrandt...
, 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 and art theorist (d. 17111711 in art-Paintings:* Manuel Arellano paints the earliest prototypes of the casta genre works.* Godfrey Kneller paints Sir Christopher Wren.-Births:*March 5 - Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-born artist and painter...
) - September 29 - Antoine CoysevoxAntoine CoysevoxCharles Antoine Coysevox , French sculptor, was born at Lyon, and belonged to a family which had emigrated from Spain...
, French sculptorSculptureSculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
who emigrated from SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
(d. 17201720 in art-Paintings:* Antoine Watteau – The shop sign of Gersaint-Births:*January 19 – John Boydell, engraver *January 20 – Bernardo Bellotto, Italian urban landscape painter or vedutista, and printmaker in etching...
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- Filippo AbbiatiFilippo AbbiatiFilippo Abbiati was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Lombardy and Turin. Born in Milan, he was a pupil of the painter Antonio Busca. Alessandro Magnasco was one of his pupils. Ticozzi claims he trained, along with Federigo Bianchi, with Carlo Francesco Nuvolone. Along with...
, 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. 17151715 in art-Births:*February 22 – Charles-Nicolas Cochin, French engraver, designer, writer, and art critic *November 5 – Johann Georg Wille, copper engraver...
) - Giovanni Lorenzo BertolottiGiovanni Lorenzo BertolottiGiovanni Lorenzo Bertolotti was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Genoa.He trained under Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. Bertolotti contributed paintings to the Oratory of San Giacomo della Marina and the Basilica della SS Annunziata. He painted a Visitation of the Virgin to...
, Italian painter, active in 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. 17211721 in art-Births:*January 17 – Charles Germain de Saint Aubin, draftsman and embroidery designer to King Louis XV *date unknown**Francesco Albotto, Italian painter **Charles Joseph Flipart, French painter and engraver -Deaths:...
) - Jose RisueñoJose RisueñoJose Risueño was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in his native city of Granada. He initially trained with Alonso Cano, under whom he studied both painting and sculpture. He helped decorate the cupola of the Church in the Carthusian monastery. He died at Granada.-References:...
, SpanishSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
painter who helped decorate the cupola of the church in the Carthusian monasteryCarthusianThe Carthusian Order, also called the Order of St. Bruno, is a Roman Catholic religious order of enclosed monastics. The order was founded by Saint Bruno of Cologne in 1084 and includes both monks and nuns...
(d. 17211721 in art-Births:*January 17 – Charles Germain de Saint Aubin, draftsman and embroidery designer to King Louis XV *date unknown**Francesco Albotto, Italian painter **Charles Joseph Flipart, French painter and engraver -Deaths:...
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- Filippo Abbiati
- probable
- Giovanni Ventura BorghesiGiovanni Ventura BorghesiGiovanni Ventura Borghesi was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Rome.Born in Città di Castello, he was a pupil of the painter Pietro da Cortona and completed some of Cortona's unfinished works. He painted an Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin for San Nicola da...
, Italian painter, active mainly 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. 17081708 in art-Events:*Flemish painter and engraver Pieter Casteels III comes to work in Britain.*Sculptor Ferdinand Brokoff sets up his own studio.-Publications:*Roger de Piles - Cours de peinture par principes avec un balance de peintres-Births:...
) - Giovanni Battista FaldaGiovanni Battista FaldaGiovanni Battista Falda was an Italian architect and engraver. He is mainly known for his engravings of contemporary and antique structures in Rome....
, Italian engraver especially of contemporary and antique structures 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. 16781678 in art-Births:*June 3 - Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, Italian painter, sculptor and architect *date unknown**Giovanni Francesco Bagnoli, Italian painter of still-life paintings **Antonio Baroni, Italian painter active in Verona...
) - Marco LiberiMarco LiberiMarco Liberi was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was the son of the painter Pietro Liberi in Padua, and received his training under his father. He painted mythologic and historic cabinet paintings....
, Italian painter of mythologic and historic cabinet paintingCabinet paintingA cabinet painting is a small painting, typically no larger than about two feet in either dimension, but often much smaller. The term is especially used of paintings that show full-length figures at a small scale, as opposed to say a head painted nearly life-size, and that are painted very...
s (d. 16871687 in art-Events:*September 26 - An Ottoman Turk ammunition dump inside the Parthenon at Athens is ignited by Venetian bombardment. The resulting explosion severely damages the building and its sculptures.-Paintings:...
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- Giovanni Ventura Borghesi
Deaths
- February 4 (bur.) – Hendrick Cornelisz VroomHendrick Cornelisz VroomHendrik Cornelisz Vroom was a Dutch Golden Age painter credited with being the founder of Dutch marine art or seascape painting. Beginning with the "birds-eye" viewpoint of earlier Netherlandish marine art, his later works show a view from lower down, and more realistic depiction of the seas...
, Dutch painter (b. 15661566 in art-Events:* In China, the Jiajing era is ending.* Pieter Bruegel the Elder begins painting The Massacre of the Innocents .* Giuseppe Arcimboldo returns to the Italian city-states.-Paintings:...
), father of reverse-named painter Cornelis Hendriksz Vroom (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:...
-16611661 in art-Births:* Scipione Angelini – Italian painter best known for still lifes * Antoine Coypel – French painter * Lucas de Valdés – Spanish painter and engraver of the Baroque period...
) - May 30 – Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter (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...
) - July 3 - Giuseppe CesariGiuseppe CesariGiuseppe Cesari was an Italian Mannerist painter, also named Il Giuseppino and called Cavaliere d'Arpino, because he was created Cavaliere di Cristo by his patron Pope Clement VIII. He was much patronized in Rome by both Sixtus V.-Biography:Cesari's father had been a native of Arpino, but...
, Italian painter (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...
) - August 3 - Giovanni Antonio LelliGiovanni Antonio LelliGiovanni Antonio Lelli was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was a pupil of the painter Cigoli. In the church of San Matteo in Merulana in Rome , he painted an Annunciation. He painted a Visitation for the Convent della Minerva...
, 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 (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:...
) - September 30 - Jacopo da EmpoliJacopo da Empolithumb|250px|Martyrdom of St. Sebastian, [[San Lorenzo di Firenze|San Lorenzo]], [[Florence]].Jacopo da Empoli was an Italian late-mannerist painter....
, Italian late-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...
painter (b. 15511551 in art-Births:* Luigi Benfatto – Italian painter, nephew of Paolo Veronese * Jacopo Chimenti – Italian late-mannerist painter * Camillo Procaccini, Italian painter, in 1571 a student in the Bolognese painters’ guild -Deaths:...
) - October 26 - Pietro TaccaPietro TaccaPietro Tacca was an Italian sculptor, who was the chief pupil and follower of Giambologna. Tacca began in a Mannerist style and worked in the Baroque style during his maturity.-Biography:...
, Italian sculptor and follower of GiambolognaGiambolognaGiambologna, born as Jean Boulogne, incorrectly known as Giovanni da Bologna and Giovanni Bologna , was a sculptor, known for his marble and bronze statuary in a late Renaissance or Mannerist style.- Biography :...
(b. 15571557 in art-Paintings:* Giovanni Battista Moroni – Portrait of a Man before the Virgin and Child* Lattanzio Gambara – Apollo* Daniele da Volterra – Massacre of the Innocents-Births:* Adam Willaerts – Dutch painter of the Baroque period...
) - November 22 - Mario MinnitiMario MinnitiMario Minniti was an Italian artist active in Sicily after 1606.Born in Syracuse, Sicily, he arrived in Rome in 1593, where he became the friend, collaborator and model of the key Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio...
, Italian painter, who was also the model for CaravaggioCaravaggioMichelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, had a formative influence on the Baroque...
's painting Boy with a Basket of Fruit (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...
) - November 25 - Pellegrino PiolaPellegrino PiolaPellegrino Piola was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Genoa.He was born in Genoa, and at the age of twelve, apprenticed with Domenico and Giovanni Battista Capellino. He was the elder brother of the painter Domenico Piola...
, Italian painter (b. 16171617 in art-Events:*Kanō Tan'yū becomes an official artist of the Tokugawa shogunate.*Lucas Vorsterman joins the workshop of Peter Paul Rubens, soon becoming Rubens's primary engraver.-Works:*Peter Paul Rubens - Adoration of the Magi*Diego Velázquez - The Lunch...
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- Alfonso RivarolaAlfonso RivarolaAlfonso Rivarola was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Ferrara.He was the pupil of the painter Carlo Bononi. In Ferrara, he painted the Marriage of the Virgin in Santa Maria in Vado. He also painted for a Baptism of St. Agostine for S. Agostino; a Resurrection for the...
, Italian painter, active mainly in his native 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. 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 ...
) - Giovanni Battista RuggieriGiovanni Battista RuggieriGiovanni Battista Ruggieri was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. In 1606 became a pupil of Domenichino. He was also called del Gessi, because later became s pupil of Francesco Gessi. Ruggieri accompanied Gessi to Naples in time of Urban VIII. He was patronized by the Giustiniani family and...
, Italian painter (b. unknown)
- Alfonso Rivarola
- probable
- Antonia Bertucci-PinelliAntonia Bertucci-PinelliAntonia Bertucci-Pinelli was an Italian woman painter of the Baroque period. She was born in Bologna, and was instructed in art by Lodovico Carracci. She painted some pictures for the churches; among others, the Guardián Angel for San Tommaso; and St Philip & St. James for the church dedicated...
, Italian woman painter (b. unknown) - Ercole de MariaErcole de MariaErcole de Maria was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Bologna. He was a pupil of the painter Guido Reni. Also known as Ercolino di Guido. He was awarded knighthood by Urban VIII, but died young.-References:...
, Italian painter awarded knighthood by Urban VIII (b. unknown)
- Antonia Bertucci-Pinelli