1672 in art
Events from the year 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