1672 in art

Events

• March - Mural painter Antonio Verrio arrives in Britain, where he commences working on the decor of some of the country's great houses.
• The Rampjaar, in which the Netherlands is invaded, results in a depression in the art market.

Paintings

• Murillo – The Wedding Feast at Cana
• Kanō Tanyū – 春景図
• Willem van de Velde the Younger – Ships on a Stormy Sea
• Jan Vermeer
• *The Guitar Player
• *''Lady Standing at a Virginal''

Publications

• Gian Pietro Bellori - ''Le vite de’ pittori, scultori et architetti moderni ''

Births

• October 1 - René Frémin, French sculptor
• October 18 – Giuseppe Antonio Caccioli, Italian painter
• date unknown
• *Alberto Carlieri, Italian painter
• *Francesco Costa, Italian painter of ornaments and quadratura
• *Pietro Nelli, Italian portrait painter
• *Giovanni Battista Revello, Italian painter of landscape elements for other historical painters
• probable – Giuseppe Laudati, Italian painter

Deaths

• January – Adriaen van de Velde, Dutch animal and landscape painter
• April 1 – Francisco de Burgos Mantilla, Spanish painter
• May 5 – Samuel Cooper, English miniature painter
• October 8 – Abraham Lambertsz van den Tempel, Dutch Golden Age painter
• November 4 – Lucas van Uden, Flemish Baroque painter specializing in landscapes
• November 16 – Esaias Boursse, Dutch painter of genre works
• December 30 – Hendrick Bloemaert, Dutch Golden Age painter
• date unknown
• *Ambrosio Martínez Bustos, Spanish Baroque painter active in Granada
• *Ginevra Cantofoli, Italian painter
• *Salvi Castellucci, Italian painter active in Arezzo
• *Viviano Codazzi, Italian painter of landscapes or vedute
• *Obaku Dokuryu, Japanese calligrapher and painter
• *Zhou Lianggong, Chinese bureaucrat, poet, essayist and art historian, patron of many important Chinese painters
• *Lorenzo Tinti, Italian painter and engraver
• *Jean Varin, French sculptor and engraver
• *Abraham Willemsens, Flemish painter of history and genre paintings