1673 in art

Events

• Engraver Michael Vandergucht joins the Guild of St Luke at Antwerp.

Paintings

• Ludolf Bakhuizen – The Y at Amsterdam, seen from the mussel pier
• Henri Gascar – Portrait of James, Duke of York
• John Greenhill – Portrait of Seth Ward (bishop of Salisbury)
• Charles Le Brun – ''Alexander and Porus''

Births

• January 28 - Georg Gsell, Swiss painter
• April - Maria Moninckx, Dutch botanical artist and painter
• April 28 - Claude Gillot, French painter, engraver, book illustrator, metal worker, and theatrical designer
• June 11 – Bernard Picart, French engraver
• date unknown
• *Thomas Germain, silversmith
• *Ádám Mányoki, Hungarian painter
• *Giovanni Battista Lama, Italian painter, active mainly in Naples
• *Giuseppe Melani, Italian painter, active mainly in Pisa
• *Pietro Paltronieri, Italian painter of quadratura
• probable – Andrea dell'Asta, Italian painter

Deaths

• March - Isaack Luttichuys, Dutch Golden Age portrait painter
• March 15 – Salvator Rosa, Italian Baroque painter, poet and printmaker
• September 6 – Jan Thomas van Ieperen, Flemish painter and engraver
• October – Barent Fabritius, Dutch painter
• November 27 – Anthonie Palamedesz., Dutch painter
• date unknown
• *Carlo Cornara, Italian painter born in Milan
• *Anthonie de Lorme, Dutch painter
• *Francesco Grue, Italian potter and painter
• *Ingen, Chinese Linji Chán Buddhist monk, poet, and calligrapher
• *Jochim Neiman, German-born traveling painter who primarily worked in Finland
• *Mario Nuzzi, Italian painter specializing in still life painting of flower arrangements
• *Giovanni Quagliata, Italian painter of frescos and large canvases depicting historical and religious subjects
• *Xiao Yuncong, Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet in the late Ming Dynasty