1655 in art
Events from the year 1655 in art.
Paintings
- Nicolaes Maes
- *Eavesdropper with a Scolding Woman
- *The Idle Servant
- *The Lacemaker
- *A Woman Spinning
- *A Young Woman Sewing
- Nicolas Poussin - St. Peter Healing a Sick Man
- Rembrandt
- * - The Polish Rider
- *Christ Presented to the People
- Bartholomeus van der Helst - Self-portrait
- Diego Velázquez - Infanta Maria Margareta
- Vermeer - ''Christ in the House of Martha and Mary''
Births
- January 21 - Antonio Molinari, Venetian painter of mythology and religious figures
- February 25 - Carel de Moor, Dutch etcher and painter
- March 4 - Fra Galgario, Bergamese painter, mainly of portraits during the Rococo epoch
- June 11 - Antonio Cifrondi, Italian painter of genre works
- November 16 - Alessandro Gherardini, Italian painter, active mainly in Florence
- date unknown
- *Marie Courtois, French miniature painter
- *Englebert Fisen, Flemish painter
- *Johann Ulrich Kraus, German illustrator, engraver and publisher
- *Antonio Lorenzini, Italian painter and engraver
- *Giacomo Pavia, Italian painter, active mainly in his native Bologna
- *Jacques Prou, French Academic sculptor
- *Anthoni Schoonjans, Belgian painter
- *Sébastien Slodtz, French sculptor
- *Filippo Tancredi, Italian painter of church frescoes
- *David von Krafft, German-Swedish painter, nephew of David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl and his successor at the Swedish Royal Court
Deaths
- April 30 - Eustache Le Sueur or Lesueur, French painter
- date unknown
- *Hendrick Andriessen, Flemish still-life painter
- *Abraham de Vries, Dutch painter
- *Giovanni Andrea Donducci (Mastelletta), Italian painter of the Bolognese School (painting)
- *Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri, Italian painter and Caravaggisti
- *Giovanni Battista Michelini, Italian painter of religious and mythological subjects
- *Claes Corneliszoon Moeyaert, Catholic Dutch painter
- *Abraham van den Hecken, Dutch painter of genre pieces, religious and historical scenes, portraits and still lifes
- *Floris van Schooten, Dutch painter
- *Herman van Swanevelt, Dutch painter
- *Yi Sam-pyeong, father of Imari porcelain