1645 in art explained

Events from the year 1645 in art.

Events

Claude Lorrain - Landscape with Apollo and Mercury
William Dobson - The Painter with Sir Charles Cottrell and another (approx. date)
Rembrandt
- Girl at a Window
- Holy Family
- Portrait of an Old Man
- Self-portrait
Salvator Rosa - Philosophy (approx. date)
Diego Velázquez - Portrait of Sebastián de Morra (approx. date)

January 11 - Matthias Rauchmiller, German sculptor active in Vienna (died 1686)
August 30 - Giuseppe Avanzi, Italian painter of the Baroque period (died 1718)
September - Romeyn de Hooghe, Dutch Baroque engraver and caricaturist (died 1708)
September 14 - Jeremiah Dummer, American silversmith and portrait painter (died 1718)
October 26 - Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter in the tradition of Rembrandt's late style (died 1727)
December 6 – Maria de Dominici, Maltese sculptor and painter (died 1703)^[1]
date unknown
- Giovanni Antonio Fumiani, Italian painter of the Baroque period (died 1710)
- François de Troy, French painter, father of Jean-François de Troy (died 1730)
- Carlo Girolamo Bersotti, Italy painter of the Baroque period, specialized in painting still lifes (died unknown)
- Sebastiano Taricco, Italian painter of the Baroque period (died 1710)
- Jean-Baptiste Théodon, French sculptor (died 1713)
probable
- Giulio Giacinto Avellino, Italian painter (died 1700)
- Urbano Romanelli, Italian painter in Rome and in churches at Velletri (died 1682)
- Andrea Lanzani, Italian painter for the Habsburg court (died 1712)

April 11 - Ferraù Fenzoni, Italian painter active in Todi
April 14 - Shi Kefa, Chinese government official and calligrapher (born 1601)
May - Ambrosius Bosschaert II, Dutch flower painter (born 1609)
July 12 - Luciano Borzone, Italian painter of the Baroque period with an antique style (born 1590)
September - Julius Porcellis, Dutch marine artist (born c.1610)
December 12 - Giovanni Bernardino Azzolini or Mazzolini or Asoleni, Italian painter (born 1572)
date unknown
- Juan Alfonso Abril, Spanish painter active mainly in his native Valladolid (born unknown)
- Christoffel van den Berghe, Dutch painter (born 1590)
- Hans Gillisz. Bollongier, Dutch still life painter (born 1600)
- Paolo Domenico Finoglia, Italian painter (born 1590)
- Sebastiano Ghezzi, Italian painter and architect (born 1580)
- Jacob van der Heyden, Flemish Baroque painter, sculptor and engraver (born 1573)
- Francisco Varela, Spanish Baroque painter (born 1580)
- Wen Zhenheng, Chinese Ming dynasty scholar, painter, and landscape garden designer (born 1585)

Book: Delia. Gaze. Maja. Mihajlovic. Leanda. Shrimpton. Dictionary of women artists. London. Fitzroy Dearborn. 1997. 462. 978-1-88496-421-3.