1662 in art
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Paintings
- The Conspiracy of Claudius CivilisThe Conspiracy of Claudius CivilisThe Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis is a 1661–62 oil painting by the Dutch painter Rembrandt, which was originally the largest he ever painted, at around five-by-five metres in the shape of a lunette. The painting was commissioned by the Amsterdam city council for the Town Hall. After the work had...
(1661–1662, Rembrandt) - Ex-Voto de 1662Ex-Voto de 1662Ex-Voto de 1662 is a painting by the French artist Philippe de Champaigne held in Paris's Louvre. One of Champaigne's most accomplished works, it is a votive offering by the painter which depicts a miracle involving his daughter that is said to have occurred at the Port-Royal-des-Champs Cistercian...
by Philippe de ChampaignePhilippe de ChampaignePhilippe de Champaigne was a Flemish-born French Baroque era painter, a major exponent of the French school.-Early life:Born in Brussels of a poor family, Champaigne was a pupil of the landscape painter Jacques Fouquières... - Rembrandt van Rijn – The Sampling OfficialsThe Sampling OfficialsThe Sampling Officials , also called Syndics of the Drapers' Guild, is an oil painting by Rembrandt. It is owned by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. It has been described as his "last great collective portrait". The painting appears on the packaging of Dutch Masters cigars.-External links:* at the...
Births
- Pierre GobertPierre GobertPierre Gobert was a French painter.He was the son of the sculptor Jean II Gobert. Gobert entered the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture on December 31, 1701 as a portraitist...
, 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...
painter (d. 17441744 in art-Births:*February 13 – David Allan, Scottish painter *October 27 – Mary Moser, painter *October 28 – William Hodges, English landscape painter *December 10 – William Berczy, Canadian pioneer and painter *date unknown...
) - Joseph ChristopheJoseph ChristopheJoseph Christophe, the brother of Claude Christophe, was born at Verdun in 1662. In 1696 he painted as a "mai" for Notre-Dame the 'Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes.' He was received into the Academy in 1702, and in 1724 became painter to the Archduke Leopold, for whom he executed many portraits...
(or Christophle), 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...
artist (d. 17481748 in art-Events:*Patience Lovell, the first recognized American-born sculptor, marries Joseph Wright.-Works:*Robert Feke - Portrait of William Bowdoin-Births:*May 22 - Thomas Roberts, Irish Landscape artist...
) - Domenico Maria MuratoriDomenico Maria MuratoriDomenico Maria Muratori was an Italian painter.Muratori was a Bolognese painter who studied under Lorenzo Pasinelli. He had a daughter Teresa Scannabecchi who also became a painter. Muratori specialized in religious-themed works. He produced frescoes for the second chapel of San Francesco a Ripa....
, Bolognese (Italian) painter, studied under Lorenzo Pasinelli at Bologna (d. 17441744 in art-Births:*February 13 – David Allan, Scottish painter *October 27 – Mary Moser, painter *October 28 – William Hodges, English landscape painter *December 10 – William Berczy, Canadian pioneer and painter *date unknown...
), painted La mort de Cléopâtre in the LouvreLouvreThe Musée du Louvre – in English, the Louvre Museum or simply the Louvre – is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement...
. - Willem Van MierisWillem van MierisWillem van Mieris was a Dutch painter. He was a son of Frans van Mieris sr. and brother of Jan van Mieris....
, 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 from Leyden (d. 17471747 in art-Births:*September 30 – Friedrich Justin Bertuch, patron of the arts *December 8 – Louis Gerverot, porcelain painter *date unknown**Giuseppe Quaglio, Italian painter and stage designer...
) - Giuseppe Antonio TorricelliGiuseppe Antonio TorricelliGiuseppe Antonio Torricelli was an Italian sculptor and gem-engraver of the late Baroque active in Florence, often using colorful and semi-precious pietra dura, a type of workmanship that became a specialty of Florence. He initially trained with Gaetano Giulio Zumbo...
, Italian sculptor and gem-engraver 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...
, active 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....
(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...
) - Andrea BrustolonAndrea BrustolonAndrea Brustolon was an Italian sculptor in wood. He is known for his furnishings in the Baroque style and devotional sculptures.-Biography:...
, 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 in wood (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:...
) - Jan Frans van BloemenJan Frans van BloemenJan Frans van Bloemen was a Flemish landscape painter of the Baroque period.Born in Antwerp, van Bloemen was a younger brother of Pieter van Bloemen, who had left for Rome in 1674, where Jan Frans joined him in 1689. In 1690 a third painting brother, Norbert van Bloemen , joined them as well...
– Flemish landscape 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. 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...
) - Paolo de MatteisPaolo de MatteisPaolo de Matteis was an Italian painter.He was born in Cilento near Salerno, and died in Naples. He trained with Francesco di Maria in Naples, then with Luca Giordano. He came to the employ of the Spanish Viceroy of Naples. From 1702 to 1705, de' Matteis worked in Paris, Calabria, and Genoa...
– 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 for the 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...
ViceroyViceroyA viceroy is a royal official who runs a country, colony, or province in the name of and as representative of the monarch. The term derives from the Latin prefix vice-, meaning "in the place of" and the French word roi, meaning king. A viceroy's province or larger territory is called a viceroyalty...
of NaplesNaplesNaples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
(d. 17281728 in art-Births:*March 12 – Anton Raphael Mengs, German painter *date unknown**Johan Alm, Finnish painter and field sergeant **Ubaldo Gandolfi, Italian painter of the late-Baroque period -Deaths:...
) - Girolamo RuggieriGirolamo RuggieriGirolamo Ruggieri was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Painted in Verona, specializing in landscapes and battle paintings.-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 of landscapes and battle paintings (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...
) - Teresa ScannabecchiTeresa ScannabecchiTeresa Scannabecchi was an Italian woman painter of the Baroque, active in Bologna.Born ? in Bologna to the painter Domenico Maria Muratori , she is described as learning the art of design from Giovanni Andrea Sirani, and in coloring by Emilio Taruffi and Lorenzo Pasinelli, received her last...
– 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 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...
active in BolognaBolognaBologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
(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:...
) - Giuseppe TortelliGiuseppe TortelliGiuseppe Tortelli was an Italian painter of painter of the late-Baroque period, active in Brescia.He received a broad education in writing and philosophy. He traveled to Naples to observe masters there, then to Venice. In Brescia, he painted for the church of San Pietro Oliveta. Giuseppe Zola was...
– 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 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...
period, active in BresciaBresciaBrescia is a city and comune in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, between the Mella and the Naviglio, with a population of around 197,000. It is the second largest city in Lombardy, after the capital, Milan...
(d. unknown) - Panagiotis DoxarasPanagiotis DoxarasPanagiotis Doxaras was a Greek painter who founded the Heptanese School of Greek art .- Biography :He was born in Mani, Ottoman Greece. In 1664, his family moved to Zante where he was taught iconography by Leo Moscos. In 1694 he joined the Venetian army and fought against the Ottomans in Chios...
– GreekGreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
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...
who founded the Heptanese School of Greek art (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....
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Deaths
- Francisco Lopez CaroFrancisco Lopez CaroFrancisco López Caro was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period. Born in Seville, he was a pupil of Juan de las Roelas. We know very little of him, save that he painted with indifferent success in Seville until about 1660, when he went to Madrid where he spent the remainder of his life, and died...
, Spanish 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...
) - Adriaen van de VenneAdriaen van de VenneAdriaen Pietersz van de Venne , was a versatile Dutch Golden Age painter of allegories, genre subjects and portraits, as well as a miniaturist, book-illustrator and designer of political satires and a versifier.-Biography:...
– 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...
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...
painter of allegories, genre subjects and portraits (b. 15891589 in art-Births:*August 12 - Domenico Fiasella, Italian painter of primarily frescoes *date unknown**Johannes van der Beeck, Dutch painter **Adriaen van de Venne, Dutch Baroque painter of allegories, genre subjects and portraits...
) - Johannes Cornelisz VerspronckJohannes Cornelisz VerspronckJohannes Cornelisz. Verspronck was a gifted Dutch Golden Age portraitist.-Biography:...
– DutchDutch RepublicThe Dutch Republic — officially known as the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands , the Republic of the United Netherlands, or the Republic of the Seven United Provinces — was a republic in Europe existing from 1581 to 1795, preceding the Batavian Republic and ultimately...
portraitist (b. 1600/16031600 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...
) - Fra Bonaventura BisiFra Bonaventura BisiFra Bonaventura Bisi was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was also called Padre Pittorini, because was a Franciscan monk in his native Bologna. He was a pupil of Lucio Massari, and made miniature copies from the works of Correggio, Titian, and Guido Reni among others, which were...
– 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. 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...
) - Giovanni Francesco RomanelliGiovanni Francesco RomanelliGiovanni Francesco Romanelli was an Italian painter of the Baroque.Romanelli was an Italian painter of the seventeenth century and trained in Rome in the studio of Pietro da Cortona, the leading painter of the time....
– 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 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 (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:...
) - Vincenzo SpisanelliVincenzo SpisanelliVincenzo Spisanelli was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Bologna.Spisanelli was born at Orta San Giulio, Piedmont. He was a pupil of Denis Calvaert in Bologna, but was also active in Ferrara, Imola, Modena, and in Lombardy.He survived the plague of 1630, but not his wife,...
– 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 altarpieceAltarpieceAn altarpiece is a picture or relief representing a religious subject and suspended in a frame behind the altar of a church. The altarpiece is often made up of two or more separate panels created using a technique known as panel painting. It is then called a diptych, triptych or polyptych for two,...
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...
) - Abraham de VriesAbraham de VriesAbraham de Vries was a Dutch Golden Age painter.-Biography:De Vries was born in Rotterdam. According to the RKD he became a member of the Confrerie Pictura in 1644, and is known for portraits and landscapes....
– 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. 15901590 in art-Works:* Annibale Carracci - The Beaneater* Hendrick De Clerck - Anne with the Virgin and Child for the Kapellekerk in Brussels ....
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