1647 in art

Events

• Gianlorenzo Bernini begins work on his Memorial to Maria Raggi.

Works

Paintings

• Guercino –
• *Persian Sibyl
• *Christ Crowned with Thorns
• Peter Lely – Portraits of:
• *James, Duke of York, Princess Elizabeth and Henry, Duke of Gloucester
• *Edward Massie
• Jan van Goyen – Landscape with Dunes
• Paulus Potter – ''The Bull''

Other

• Francesco Grue - Altarpiece at the church of San Donato, Castelli, Abruzzo

Births

• April 18 - Elias Brenner, Swedish painter and archeologist
• November - Jan van Huchtenburg, Dutch painter
• date unknown
• *Jan Baptist Brueghel, Flemish Baroque flower painter
• *Andrea López Caballero, Spanish painter
• *Angelo Everardi, Italian painter of battle scenes
• *Jan Jiří Heinsch, Czech-German painter of the Baroque style
• *Philippe Magnier, French sculptor
• *Francis Place, English gentleman draughtsman, potter, engraver and printmaker
• probable
• *Gregorio De Ferrari, Italian painter of the Genoese school
• *Pieter Xavery, Flemish sculptor
• *Yu Zhiding, Chinese landscape painter during the Qing Dynasty

Deaths

• May 6 - Simon de Passe, Dutch royal engraver and designer of medals
• May 19 - Sebastian Vrancx, Flemish [Baroque painter] and etcher of the Antwerp school
• May/June - Pieter Quast, Dutch painter
• August 24 - Nicholas Stone, English sculptor and architect
• August 27 - Pietro Novelli, Italian painter, architect and stage set designer
• November 30 – Giovanni Lanfranco, Italian painter
• date unknown
• *Pietro Desani, Italian painter
• *Zeng Jing, Chinese painter during the Ming Dynasty
• *Bartolomé Román, Spanish Baroque painter known for his series of archangels
• probable
• *Sisto Badalocchio, Italian painter and engraver of the Bolognese School
• *Daniël Mijtens, Dutch portrait painter