1625 in art

Events

• Abraham van der Doort becomes the first Surveyor of the King's Pictures to Charles I of England.

Works

• Gian Lorenzo Bernini – Apollo and Daphne
• Artemisia Gentileschi – Judith and Her Maidservant
• Gerard van Honthorst
• *The Matchmaker
• *Smiling Girl, a Courtesan, Holding an Obscene Image
• Pieter Lastman – The Angel and Tobias with the Fish
• Rembrandt
• * The Senses
• * The Stoning of Saint Stephen
• Jacopo Vignali – ''Cyparissus''

Births

• May 13 – Carlo Maratta, Italian painter
• November 20 – Paulus Potter, Dutch painter specializing in animals in landscapes
• date unknown
• *Antonio Busca, Italian painter active in Lombardy
• *Pietro Bellotti, Italian painter
• *Antonio Castrejon, Spanish painter
• *Federico Cervelli, Italian painter, born in Milan
• *Domenico Guidi, Italian sculptor
• *Abraham Hondius, Dutch Baroque painter known for animal paintings
• *Giovan Battista Langetti, Italian painter
• *Cosimo Ulivelli, Italian who painted frescoes for the Santissima Annunziata church
• probable
• *Hendrick Danckerts, Dutch painter and engraver
• *Charles Philippe Dieussart, Dutch architect and sculptor
• *Willem de Heusch, Dutch landscape painter
• *Justus de Verwer, Dutch painter and illustrator

Deaths

• January 13 – Jan Brueghel the Elder, Flemish painter
• April 23 - Juan de las Roelas, Spanish painter
• November 16 - Sofonisba Anguissola, Italian painter
• date unknown
• *Guglielmo Caccia, Italian painter specialising in altar-pieces
• *Bartolomeo Cavarozzi, Italian caravaggisti painter of the Baroque period active in Spain
• *Felipe de Liaño, Spanish painter
• *Renold Elstracke, one of the earliest native engravers in England
• *Antonio Mohedano, Spanish painter
• *Giulio Cesare Procaccini, Italian painter and sculptor of Milan
• *Hans Rottenhammer, German painter
• *Tommaso Salini, Italian painter of still life
• *Pieter de Valck, Dutch Golden Age painter