1668 in art
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- The Sheldonian TheatreSheldonian TheatreThe Sheldonian Theatre, located in Oxford, England, was built from 1664 to 1668 after a design by Christopher Wren for the University of Oxford. The building is named after Gilbert Sheldon, chancellor of the university at the time and the project's main financial backer...
in Oxford is completed, to a design by Sir Christopher WrenChristopher WrenSir Christopher Wren FRS is one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history.He used to be accorded responsibility for rebuilding 51 churches in the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666, including his masterpiece, St. Paul's Cathedral, on Ludgate Hill, completed in 1710...
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- Charles Le BrunCharles Le BrunCharles Le Brun , a French painter and art theorist, became the all-powerful, peerless master of 17th-century French art.-Biography:-Early life and training:...
– La Colère - Johannes VermeerJohannes VermeerJohannes, Jan or Johan Vermeer was a Dutch painter who specialized in exquisite, domestic interior scenes of middle class life. Vermeer was a moderately successful provincial genre painter in his lifetime...
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- Francesco Maria SchiaffinoFrancesco Maria SchiaffinoFrancesco Maria Schiaffino was an Italian sculptor of the Rococo or late-Baroque, mainly active in his native city of 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...
sculptor (d. 17631763 in art-Events:* Canaletto is elected to the Venetian Academy of Fine Arts.* Francesco Zuccarelli is elected to the Venetian Academy.-Births:* June 26 – George Morland, English painter of animals and rustic scenes...
) - Yun Du-seo – KoreaKoreaKorea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
n painter and scholar of the Joseon periodJoseon DynastyJoseon , was a Korean state founded by Taejo Yi Seong-gye that lasted for approximately five centuries. It was founded in the aftermath of the overthrow of the Goryeo at what is today the city of Kaesong. Early on, Korea was retitled and the capital was relocated to modern-day Seoul...
(d. 17151715 in art-Births:*February 22 – Charles-Nicolas Cochin, French engraver, designer, writer, and art critic *November 5 – Johann Georg Wille, copper engraver...
) - Clementi RutaClementi RutaClementi Ruta was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period.Born at Parma, he first trained with a painter by the name of Spolverini, then later in Bologna with Carlo Cignani. He moved with the latter to Naples to work in the court of Charles of Bourbon. Ruta became blind in older life. He...
, 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 specializing in landscapes with pen and watercolor (d. 17671767 in art-Paintings:* Jean-Honoré Fragonard – The Swing* Canaletto spends his last full year painting, in Venice.-Births:* Jacques-Laurent Agasse – animal and landscape painter...
) - Carlo Antonio TavellaCarlo Antonio TavellaCarlo Antonio Tavella was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Genoa.Tavella was born in Milan to a Genoese merchant, and died in Genoa. He was initially the pupil of the painter Giuseppe Merati, then later of a painter by the name of Johann Gruembroech or Greuenbrech,...
, Italian painter of landscapes (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 TonelliGiuseppe TonelliGiuseppe Tonelli was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Florence. He studied under Tommaso Aldrovandini and Jacopo Chiavistelli. He worked alongside Giuseppe Nasini during 1696-1699 in frescoing the ceiling of second floor corridor of the Uffizi gallery facing the Arno. He...
, 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 and quadratura (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:...
) - Domenico Maria VianiDomenico Maria VianiDomenico Maria Viani was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.He was born in Bologna, the son of Giovanni Maria Viani, was born at Bologna, and was educated under his father, who kept a rival academy to that of Carlo Cignani...
, Italian painter of churches, born 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. 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...
) - Peter Schubart von EhrenbergPeter Schubart von EhrenbergPeter Schubart von Ehrenberg was a painter and stage designer active in Vienna in the early eighteenth century, and the son of the perspective painter Willem Schubart von Ehrenberg...
, painter and stage designer active in 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...
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- Francesco Maria Schiaffino
- probable – Giacomo Antonio ArlandGiacomo Antonio ArlandGiacomo Antonio Arland was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was born in Genoa, and at age 20, he traveled to Paris, where he was patronized by the Duke of Orleans. He became renowned as a portrait miniature painter. He returns in 1729 to Genoa, as a wealthy man.-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 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. 17431743 in art-Works:* William Hogarth begins painting his Marriage à-la-mode series* Louis-Michel van Loo completes The Family of Philip V-Births:*March 9 – Johann Kaspar Füssli, Swiss painter...
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- February 8 – Alessandro TiariniAlessandro TiariniAlessandro Tiarini was an Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School.He was born in Bologna. His mother died when he was a child, and he was raised by an aunt, and early on they tried, unsuccessfully to guide him towards becoming a cleric...
, 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...
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 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, façade decorations, and 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. 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...
) - April 21 – Jan BoeckhorstJan BoeckhorstJan Boeckhorst , was a German-born Flemish Baroque painter whose style was heavily influenced by Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck and Jacob Jordaens.-Biography:...
, German-born Flemish Baroque painter (b. 16041604 in art-Paintings:*Caravaggio**John the Baptist**John the Baptist **The Crowning with Thorns I-Births:*July 8 - Christiaen van Couwenbergh, Dutch Golden Age painter...
) - May 19 – Philips Wouwerman, 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. 16191619 in art-Events:-Births:*February 24 - Charles Le Brun, painter *April 2 - Onofrio Gabrieli, Italian painter *May - Philips Wouwerman, Dutch painter *June - Jan Victors, Dutch painter of subjects from the Bible...
) - August 23 – Artus QuellinusArtus QuellinusArtus Quellinus also known as Artus Quellijn, Artus I Quellinus or Artus Quellinus the Elder , was a Flemish sculptor.-Life:...
, Flemish sculptor (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...
) - September – Jan Miense MolenaerJan Miense MolenaerJan Miense Molenaer , was a Dutch Golden Age genre painter whose style was a precursor to Jan Steen's work during Dutch Golden Age painting. He shared a studio with his wife, Judith Leyster, also a genre painter, as well as a portraitist and painter of still-life...
, DutchDutch culturethumb|right|250px|[[Netherlandish Proverbs|Dutch proverbs]], by [[Pieter Bruegel the Elder]]. Dutch culture may refer to:* used more narrowly, the Culture of the Netherlands* used more widely Culture of Dutch-speaking Europe, including...
genre 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:...
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- Giulio BensoGiulio BensoGiulio Benso was a Genovese painter of the early Baroque. He is known as one of the followers of the style of Luca Cambiasi....
, GenoveseGenoaGenoa |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....
painter of the early 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...
(b. 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:...
) - Giovanni Battista BologniniGiovanni Battista BologniniGiovanni Battista Bolognini was an Italian painter and engraver of the Baroque. He was born and died at Bologna. He was a pupil of Guido Reni. He painted a Virgin and child with St. Dominic, St. Eustatius, and Mary Magdalene for Santa Maria Nuova. He painted a Dead Christ mourned by the Virgin, St...
, 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 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...
(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...
) - Jan GoedartJan GoedartJan Goedart was a Dutch painter famous for his illustrations of insects....
, 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 famous for his illustrations of insects (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...
) - Antonio TraviAntonio TraviAntonio Travi was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was born in Sestri, near Genoa, was generally known as Il Sordo di Sestri on account of his deafness. He was originally a color-grinder to Bernardo Strozzi, who instructed him in design, and he afterwards studied landscape painting...
, deaf 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...
landscape painter (b. 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...
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- Giulio Benso