1657 in art
Events from the year 1657 in art.
Events
- July - The outbreak of plague in Genoa reaches its height; it results in the deaths of many artists, as well as both the parents of 19-year-old painter Giovanni Battista Gaulli and two of the three sons of Luciano Borzone.
- Nicolaes van Verendael becomes a member of the Guild of St Luke at Antwerp.
Paintings
[Image:Salomon van Ruisdael Deventer.jpg|thumb|van Ruysdael – View of Deventer]- Nicolaes Maes – Portrait of Four Children
- Nicolas Poussin – The Flight into Egypt
- Salomon van Ruysdael – View of Deventer Seen from the North-West
- Diego Velázquez – Las Hilanderas
- Jan Vermeer – ''A Girl Asleep''
Births
- January - Pieter van Bloemen, Flemish painter
- May 8 – Martino Altomonte, Italian painter of frescoes
- October 4 - Francesco Solimena, Italian painter and draughtsman
- October 8 - Wigerus Vitringa, Dutch seascape painter
- date unknown
- *Gioseffo Maria Bartolini, Italian painter
- *Michiel Carree, Dutch painter
- *Louis de Boullogne, French painter and brother of Bon Boullogne
- *Giovanni Evangelista Draghi, Italian painter
- *Gregorio Lazzarini, Italian painter of religious, historical and mythological subjects
- *Pârvu Mutul, Romanian muralist and church painter
- *Giuseppe Nicola Nasini, Italian painter of frescoes, director of Grand-Ducal Academy for the Arts
- *Joseph Vivien, French painter
Deaths
- February 7 - Cesare Dandini, Italian painter
- February 19 - Evert van Aelst, Dutch still life painter
- March 7 - Balthasar van der Ast, Dutch Golden Age painter who specialized in still lifes of flowers and fruit
- April 29 - Jacques Stella, French painter
- June - Jan Antonisz van Ravesteyn, Dutch painter to the Dutch court in The Hague
- July - Luigi Baccio del Bianco, Italian architect, engineer, scenic designer and painter
- August 16 - Pieter Soutman, Dutch Golden Age painter
- August 19 - Frans Snyders, Flemish still-life master, apprenticed to Pieter II Brueghel
- September 13 - Jacob van Campen, Dutch artist and architect of the Golden Age
- October
- *David Bailly, Leiden artist
- *Hendrik Gerritsz Pot, Dutch painter
- November 29 - Raffaello Vanni, Italian painter for churches of the Baroque period
- date unknown
- *Bartholomeus Breenbergh, Dutch painter
- *Carlo Bozzoni, Italian painter of the Baroque period
- *Giovanni Paolo Oderico, Italian painter mainly active in Genoa
- *Clara Peeters, Flemish still life painter
- *Pieter van Schaeyenborgh, Dutch painter of fish still lifes
- victims of the Genoa plague
- *Giuseppe Badaracco, Italian painter
- *Bartolomeo Biscaino, Italian painter, active in his native Genoa
- *Giovanni Andrea Biscaino, Italian painter of landscapes
- *Silvestro Chiesa, Italian painter
- *Giovanni Battista Mainero, Italian painter from Genoa
- *Francesco Merano, Italian painter mainly active in his native Genoa
- *Giovanni Battista Monti, Italian painter of portraits
- *Giovanni Battista Primi, Italian marine landscapes and portrait painter
- *Giovanni Stefano Verdura, Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Genoa