1665 in art explained

Events from the year 1665 in art.

Events

• April – Gian Lorenzo Bernini arrives in Paris, where he remains until November, fêted by the population.
• Claude Perrault begins work on the eastern wing of the Louvre.

Works

• • • Gabriël Metsu Lady Reading a Letter (1662–65; National Gallery of Ireland)
  • Man Writing a Letter (1662–65; National Gallery of Ireland)
• Murillo – The Dolorosa Madonna
• Jacob Ochtervelt – Street Musicians at the Door
• Rembrandt – David and Uriah
• Jan Vermeer
  • A Lady Writing a Letter (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.)
  • Woman with a Pearl Necklace

Births

• March 14 - Giuseppe Crespi, Italian late Baroque painter of the Bolognese School (died 1747)
• March 21 - José Benito de Churriguera, Spanish architect and sculptor (died 1725)
• May 7 - Maurelio Scanavini, Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Ferrara (died 1698)
• date unknown
  • Claude Duflos, French engraver (died 1727)
  • Jean-Louis Lemoyne, French sculptor (died 1755)
  • Francesco Penso, Venetian sculptor (died 1737)
  • Tommaso Redi Italian painter, active in his native Florence (died 1726)
  • Norbert Roettiers, Flemish engraver (died 1727)
  • Giovanni Enrico Vaymer, Italian portrait painter (died 1738)

Deaths

• January 16 - Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy, painter (born 1611)
• May - Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, painter (born 1597)^[1]
• July 3 - Francesco Costanzo Cattaneo, Italian painter (born 1602)
• July 14 - Aniello Falcone, Italian Baroque painter noted for his painted depictions of battle scenes (born 1600)
• July 27 - Francesco Cairo, Italian painter active in Lombardy and Piedmont (born 1607)
• August 25 - Elisabetta Sirani, Italian painter (born 1638)^[2]
• November 19 – Nicolas Poussin, painter (born 1594)^[3]
• December 19 - Gerard van Zyl, Dutch Golden Age painter of portraits and genre scenes (born 1607)
• date unknown
  • Antonio Bacci, Italian still life painter (born 1600)
  • Albert Eckhout – Dutch portrait and still life painter (born 1610)
  • Jan Sadeler II, Flemish engraver of the Sadeler family (born 1588)
  • Thomas Simon, English medalist (born c.1623)
  • Friedrich van Hulsen, Dutch printmaker and engraver (born 1580)

Notes and References

1. Book: Saenredam, Pieter . Pieter Saenredam, the Utrecht work : paintings and drawings by the 17th-century Master of Perspective . Centraal Museum . Utrecht . 2000 . 9789073285750 . 14.
2. Book: Brigstocke, Hugh . Italian and Spanish paintings in the National Gallery of Scotland . Trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland . Edinburgh . 1993 . 9780903598224 . 151.
3. Book: Rosenberg. Pierre. Pierre Rosenberg. Temperini. Renaud. Poussin – "Je n'ai rien négligé". fr. 1994. Paris. Gallimard. 2-07-053269-0. 48–49.