1680 in art

Events from the year 1680 in art.

Events

Following the death of Sir Peter Lely, Godfrey Kneller is appointed Principal Painter to the Crown by King Charles II of England.

January 3 - Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German painter and stucco plasterer
March 23 - Juan Ramírez Mejandre, Spanish Baroque sculptor
date unknown
*Juan Antonio García de Bouzas, Spanish painter of the Baroque period
*Francisco Bustamante, Spanish painter
*Leonardo Coccorante, Italian painter especially of large, highly detailed landscapes with imaginary classical architectural ruins
*Lorenzo De Ferrari, Italian painter
*Giuseppe Gambarini, Italian painter of frescoes
*Carlo Antonio Rambaldi, Italian painter of the Baroque period
*Girolamo Rossi, Italian engraver of the late-Baroque
*Carlo Salis, Italian painter, born in Verona
*Pier Lorenzo Spoleti, Italian painter of portrait painting and reproductions of master paintings
*Maria Verelst, Dutch miniature and portrait painter
*Candido Vitali, Italian painter of still lifes of animals, birds, flower, and fruit
probable
*Maurice Baquoy, French engraver
*Francesco Boccaccino, Italian painter, born at Cremona
*Domenico Bocciardo, Italian painter, active in Genoa
*Charles Collins, Irish painter primarily of animals and still-life
*Sebastiano Conca, Italian painter
*Jean-Baptiste Gilles, French painter of portraits in miniature and water-colours
*Gaetano Martoriello, Italian painter of marine vedute and landscapes

February – Willem Drost, Netherlands painter
August 24 – Ferdinand Bol, Dutch artist, etcher, and draftsman
October 4 – Jacobus Mancadan, Dutch Golden Age painter mostly known for his pastoral landscapes
November 28
*Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor/architect/painter
*Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Italian architect and painter
November 30 – Sir Peter Lely, English painter
date unknown
*Juan de Alfaro y Gamez, Spanish painter of the Baroque
*Nicolas Baudesson, French flower painter
*Girolamo Bonini, Italian painter, active mainly in Bologna
*Hendrick Danckerts, Dutch painter and engraver
*Angelo Everardi, Italian painter of battle scenes
*Adriano Palladino, Italian painter born and active in Cortona
*Francesco Quaini, Italian painter of quadratura
*Luigi Pellegrini Scaramuccia, Italian painter and artist biographer
*Wang Shimin – Chinese landscape painter during the Qing dynasty
probable
*Willem Claeszoon Heda, Dutch still life painter
*Giovanni Fulco, Italian painter excelling particularly in the representation of children