1687 in art
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Events
- September 26 - An Ottoman Turk ammunition dump inside the ParthenonParthenonThe Parthenon is a temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their virgin patron. Its construction began in 447 BC when the Athenian Empire was at the height of its power. It was completed in 438 BC, although...
at Athens is ignited by Venetian bombardment. The resulting explosion severely damages the building and its sculptures.
Paintings
- Alida WithoosAlida WithoosAlida Withoos was a Dutch botanical artist and painter. She was the daughter of the painter Matthias Withoos.-Life:...
- Pineapple (painting of the first pineapple bred in Europe; not extant)
Births
- June 6 - Giambattista PittoniGiambattista PittoniGiambattista Pittoni was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period, active mainly in his native Venice....
, Italian painter of religious, historical, and mythological subjects (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...
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- Huang ShenHuang ShenHuang Shen was a Chinese painter during the Qing Dynasty.Huang's was born in Ninghua Fujian province, to a poor family. His style names were 'Gong shou' and 'Gong Mao" . His pseudonym was 'Ying Piaozi' ....
, Chinese painter (d. 17721772 in art-Events:*King George III of the United Kingdom appoints Benjamin West official painter to the court.-Works:* John Singleton Copley – Samuel Adams, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston*Fyodor Rokotov – Portrait of Alexandra Struyskaya-Births:...
) - Jin NongJin NongBorn in 1687 in Hangzhou, Jin Nong became popular as a painter and calligrapher while living as a childless widower in Yangzhou in his sixties. His paintings of mei blossoms were in particular demand there. Heralded as one of The Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, Jin prescribed to the amateur scholar...
, Chinese painter of meiMei-Abbreviations:In education:* MEI Academy, international school* MEI , examination board affiliated with the OCR examination board....
blossoms, one of the Eight Eccentrics of YangzhouEight Eccentrics of YangzhouEight Eccentrics of Yangzhou is the name for a group of eight Chinese painters known in the Qing for rejecting the orthodox ideas about painting in favor of a style deemed expressive and individualist....
(d. 1763/17641763 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...
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- Huang Shen
Deaths
- June - Juriaen van StreeckJuriaen van StreeckJuriaen van Streeck or Juriaan van Streek was a Dutch Golden Age painter of still lifes.-Biography:...
, Dutch Golden Age painter (b. 16321632 in art-Events:* July - Portraitist Anthony van Dyck, newly returned to London, is knighted and granted a pension as principalle Paynter in ordinary to their majesties.-Works:*Rembrandt – The Anatomy Lesson of Dr...
) - September 10 - Willem WissingWillem WissingWillem Wissing, also known as William Wissing , was a Dutch portrait artist.He was born in either Amsterdam or The Hague, and studied at The Hague under Willem Doudijns and Arnoldus van Ravestyn . In 1676, he moved to England, where he studied with and assisted Peter Lely...
, 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...
portrait artist (b. 16561656 in art-Works:* The Procuress – Johannes Vermeer * Las Meninas – Diego Velázquez -Births:*April 9 - Francesco Trevisani, Italian painter of frescoes...
) - October 18 - Pietro LiberiPietro LiberiPietro Liberi was an Italian painter of the Baroque era, active mainly in Venice and the Veneto.Liberi was born in Padua, his earliest training was with Alessandro Varotari . He traveled extensively in Italy. During a voyage to Istanbul, he was captured into bondage for 8 months by pirates from...
, Italian painter nicknamed il Libertino (b. 16051605 in art-Paintings:* Caravaggio**Christ on the Mount of Olives**Ecce Homo**Saint Jerome in Meditation**Madonna and Child with St. Anne * Nicholas Hilliard- miniature portrait of Charles, Lord Howard of Effingham...
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- Giacomo di CastroGiacomo di CastroGiacomo di Castro was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was born at Sorrento. He was a pupil of Giovanni Battista Caracciolo, but afterwards worked under Domenichino when that master visited Naples to decorate the chapel of the Tresoro...
, Italian 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...
) - Angelo Michele ColonnaAngelo Michele ColonnaAngelo Michele Colonna was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Bologna, northern and central Italy and Spain. He is sometimes referred to as Michelangelo Colonna.-Biography:...
, 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 (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...
) - Bernhard KeilBernhard KeilBernhard Keil or Keyl was a Danish Baroque painter who became a pupil of Rembrandt.-Biography:Keil was born in Helsingør. According to the RKD he was a pupil of the Danish painter Morten Steenwinkel, who became a pupil of Rembrandt in Amsterdam in the years 1642-1644...
, Danish painter (b. 15971597 in art-Works:*Caravaggio**Penitent Magdalene**Rest on the Flight into Egypt**Medusa**Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto*Dong Qichang - Wanluan Thatched Hall...
) - Simon de Leal LeonSimon de Leal LeonSimón de León Leal was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period. He was born in Madrid and was a pupil of Pedro de Las Cuevas. He was known for both portraits and history paintings....
, Spanish 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:...
) - 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 (b. 16401640 in art-Paintings:*Rembrandt - Portrait of an Elderly Woman in a White Bonnet*Diego Velázquez - Mars Resting -Births:*June 21 - Abraham Mignon, Dutch painter born at Frankfurt...
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- Giacomo di Castro