1654 in art
Events from the year 1654 in art.
Image:Fabritius-vink.jpg|thumb|200px|right| The Goldfinch by Carel Fabritius, 1654.
Events
- October 12 – The Delft Explosion destroys the city of Delft, killing painter Carel Fabritius and destroying his home, studio and most of his paintings: only five are known to exist. Egbert van der Poel produces paintings of the explosion.
Paintings
- Willem Drost paints Bathsheba with King David's Letter, Portrait of an Officer in a Red Beret and ' and Portrait of a Young Woman in a Brocade Gown.
- Carel Fabritius paints his Young Man in a Fur Cap, The Sentry, and The Goldfinch, showing use of lighting effects with a bright background.
- Rembrandt completes Bathsheba at Her Bath and Woman Bathing in a Stream and paints his Portrait of Jan Six.
- Bartholomeus van der Helst paints '.
- Guercino paints Samson and Delilah.
- Philips Koninck paints The Feast of Bacchus.
Births
- February 19 – Antonio Bellucci, Italian painter from Treviso
- February 24 – Bartolomeo Altomonte, Italian painter
- March 10 – Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari, Italian painter of frescoes
- November 2 – Giuseppe Passeri, Italian painter active in his native city of Rome
- November 23 – Jan van Kessel the Younger, Flemish-Spanish painter
- December 10 – Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole, Italian landscape painter and engraver from Bologna
- date unknown
- *Bartolomeo Guidobono, Italian painter active mainly in Northern Italy
- *Francisco Leonardoni, Italian painter active mainly in Spain
- *Giacomo del Pò, Italian painter of emblematical and allegorical subjects
- *Giacomo Antonio Ponsonelli, Italian Rococo sculptor
- *Michelangelo Ricciolino, Italian church painter of the Baroque period
- probable – Herman Moll, engraver active in England
Deaths
- January 17 – Paulus Potter, Dutch painter specializing in animals in landscapes
- January 23 – Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert, painter
- February 8 – Luca Ferrari, Italian painter
- April 5 – Lorenzo Garbieri, Italian painter
- June 10 – Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor active mainly in Rome
- October 12 – Carel Fabritius, Dutch painter
- December 1 – Giacomo Apollonio, Italian painter
- date unknown
- *Baccio Ciarpi, Italian painter
- *Nicolaes de Giselaer, Dutch painter and draughtsman