1652 in art

Events

• October - Johannes Vermeer assumes control of the family's art business and inn in Delft on the death of his father, Reijnier Janszoon.
• Pietro Paolini opens an academy in Lucca based on the principle of art from nature, at which numerous artists, such as Girolamo Scaglia, Antonio Franchi, Simone del Tintore and his brother Francesco will be trained.

Works

• Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
• Jan de Bray - The Banquet of Antony and Cleopatra
• Carel Fabritius - A View of Delft, painting showing use of exaggerated perspective
• Jan Lievens - Allegory of Peace
• Israel ben Mordechai - polychrome ceiling of Gwoździec Synagogue in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
• Gerard van Honthorst - Margareta Maria de Roodere and Her Parents
• Rembrandt - Self-portrait
• David Teniers the Younger - ''Flemish Kermess''

Births

• February 13 - Anton Domenico Gabbiani, Italian painter born in Florence
• April 25 - Giovanni Battista Foggini, Italian sculptor active in Florence, especially of small bronze statuary
• September 8 - Luisa Roldán, Spanish sculptor of the Baroque Era
• October 29 - Jan Wyck, Dutch painter of military subjects
• date unknown
• *Jan Brokoff, German sculptor
• *Francesco Antonio Caneti, Italian miniature painter
• *Hanabusa Itchō, Japanese painter, calligrapher, and haiku poet
• *Esteban Márquez de Velasco, Spanish Baroque painter
• *Jean Louis Petitot, French enamel painter
• probable
• *Jan van Almeloveen, Dutch painter, engraver, and draughtsman
• *Jan Griffier, Dutch painter, member of the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers
• *Pierre Lepautre, French ornemaniste and engraver
• * Santi Prunati, Italian painter of many churches in and around Verona

Deaths

• January - Francisco de Palacios, Spanish Baroque painter
• January 30 - Georges de La Tour, painter from the Duchy of Lorraine
• April 8 - Angelo Caroselli, Italian painter
• June 19 - Claes Jansz. Visscher, Dutch genre painter
• July 25 - Bonaventura Peeters, Flemish Baroque painter
• August 9 - Jan Dirksz Both, Dutch painter
• September 2 - Jusepe de Ribera, Spanish Tenebrist painter and printmaker
• October 1 - Jan Asselijn, Dutch painter of landscapes and animals 1610)
• date unknown
• *Bartholomeus van Bassen, Dutch painter
• *Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp, Dutch portrait and landscape painter ; and his half-brother Benjamin Gerritsz. Cuyp, also a painter
• *Chen Hongshou, Chinese painter of late Ming Dynasty
• *Georg Pachmann, Austrian portrait painter
• *Jørgen Ringnis, Danish woodcarver
• *Andries van Eertvelt, Flemish Baroque painter, primarily sea scenes
• *Pieter van Avont, Flemish painter, draughtsman and printmaker
• *Wang Duo, Chinese calligrapher and painter in Ming Dynasty
• probable
• *died 1652/1653: Pieter de Grebber, Dutch painter
• *died 1652/1658: Willem Hondius, Dutch engraver, cartographer and painter