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