1669 in art explained
Events from the year 1669 in art.
Events
- Following the fall of Crete to the Ottomans, the Heptanese School, also known as the Ionian Islands' School, succeeds the Cretan school as the leading school of Greek post-Byzantine painting.
Paintings
Births
- September 21 - Pietro Ercole Fava, Italian nobleman and art patron (died 1744)
- December 16 - Arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter (died 1729)
- date unknown
- Jiang Tingxi, Chinese painter (died 1732)
- Giovanni Antonio Capello, Italian painter, active in Brescia (died 1741)
- Alessio Erardi, Maltese painter (died 1727)[1]
- Antonio Filocamo, Italian painter at various churches and oratories in Messina (died 1743)
- Bartolomeo Letterini, Venetian painter (died 1731)
- Angelo Trevisani, Italian painter active mainly in Venice (died 1753)
- Pierre Le Ber, painter from Montreal, especially of portraits (died 1707)
- Ma Yuanyu, Chinese painter during the Qing Dynasty (died 1722)
Deaths
- January 27 – Caspar de Crayer, Flemish painter (born 1582)
- May
- May 16 – Pietro da Cortona, byname of Pietro Berettini, prolific artist and architect of High Baroque (born 1596)
- July 12 – Theodoor van Thulden, Dutch artist from 's-Hertogenbosch in North Brabant (born 1606)
- July 17 - Herman van Aldewereld, Dutch portrait painter (born 1628)
- August 10 – Paulus Bor, Dutch painter (born 1601)
- October 4 – Rembrandt, Dutch painter and etcher (born 1606)
- October 18 – Abraham Willaerts, Dutch Baroque painter (born 1603)
- October 19 – Domenico Fiasella, Italian painter of primarily frescoes (born 1589)
- December 24 - Antonio Giorgetti, Italian sculptor (born 1635)
- date unknown
Notes and References
- Book: Schiavone. Michael J.. Dictionary of Maltese Biographies Vol. 1 A–F. 2009. Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza. Pietà. 9789993291329. 755.