1653 in art
Events from the year 1653 in art.
Events
- Architect and painter Lambert van Haven begins a 16-year period of travelling in Europe.
- Construction of the Taj Mahal mausoleum at Agra in India is completed, probably to a design by Ustad Ahmad Lahauri, together with the Moti Masjid in Agra Fort.
Works
Paintings
- Guercino - The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine
- Claude Lorrain - The Adoration of the Golden Calf
- Nicolaes Maes - Abraham Dismissing Hagar and Ishmael
- Rembrandt van Rijn - Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer
- Diego Velázquez
- *Portrait of the Infanta Maria Theresa of Spain
- *Portrait of Mariana of Austria
- Jan van Kessel - series of insects and fruit
Sculpture
- Alessandro Algardi - Fuga d'Attila relief
Births
- January - Nicolas Fouché, French painter
- January 23 - Giovanni Girolamo Bonesi, Italian painter
- February 1 - Felix Meyer, Swiss painter and engraver
- May 13 - Giuseppe Maria Mazza, Bolognese Rococo sculptor
- October 20 - Charles-François Poerson, French painter
- December 21 - Tommaso Aldrovandini, Italian painter
- date unknown
- *Sébastien Barras, French painter and engraver
- *Carel de Vogelaer, Dutch still life painter
- *Jacques-Philippe Ferrand, French miniaturist and painter in enamel
- *Marcellus Laroon, Dutch painter and engraver, active in England
- *Angelo Massarotti, Italian painter active in his native Cremona
- *Kanō Tanshin, Japanese painter
- *Sante Vandi, Italian portrait painter
- probable
- *Bonaventura Lamberti, Italian painter, active mainly in Rome
- *Gaspar van Wittel, Dutch landscape painter
Deaths
- March - Simon de Vlieger, Dutch painter
- August 16 - Giuliano Finelli, Italian sculptor
- August 24 - Henry Stone, English painter
- August 29 - Gijsbert d'Hondecoeter, Dutch landscape and animal painter
- October 16 - Jan Wildens, Flemish Baroque painter and draughtsman specializing in landscapes
- October 22 - Thomas de Critz, English painter
- date unknown
- *Antoon Faydherbe, Dutch sculptor
- *Aletta Hanemans, model for Frans Hals
- probable
- * - Astolfo Petrazzi, Italian painter, active mainly in his native Siena
- * - Nicolaes Pickenoy, Dutch painter of Flemish origin