1684 in art
Events from the year 1684 in art.
Paintings
- Giovanni Antonio Burrini – Virgin with Saints Petronius and Dionysus the Areopagite
- Evert Collier – Self-Portrait with a Vanitas Still-life
- Englebert Fisen – The Crucifixion
- Aert de Gelder – The Jewish Bride
- Cornelis Dusart – Village Feast
- Godfrey Kneller – Portrait of James II of England
- Fa Ruozhen – Cloudy Mountains
- van de Velde the Elder">Willem van de Velde the Elder">van de Velde the Elder – ''The first battle of Schooneveld, 7 June 1673''
Births
- January 14 – Jean-Baptiste van Loo, Dutch painter
- April 25 – Marco Benefial, Italian, proto-Neoclassical painter, mainly active in Rome
- October 10 – Antoine Watteau, French painter
- November 30 – Andreas Møller, Danish portrait painter and pioneer of miniature painting
- * Karl Aigen, German painter, master painter/tutor with Daniel Gran in Vienna
- * George Bickham the Elder, English writing master and engraver
- * Giovanni Angelo Borroni, Italian painter of the late-Baroque and early-Neoclassic periods, active mainly in Milan
- * Serafino Brizzi, Italian engraver of the Baroque period
- * Bian Shoumin, Chinese painter in Qing Dynasty
- * Hendrik Frans van Lint, landscape painter from the Southern Netherlands
- * George Vertue, English engraver and antiquary
- * Odoardo Vicinelli, Italian painter of the late-Baroque period probable – Peter Tillemans, Flemish baroque painter, especially of portraiture, landscapes, and works on sporting and military subjects
Deaths
- January 15 – Caspar Netscher, Dutch portrait and genre works painter
- January 24 – Jan Wijnants, Dutch painter
- February 21 – Pieter van Abeele, Dutch medallist and coiner in Amsterdam
- March – Pieter de Hooch, Dutch painter
- April 26 – Jan Davidszoon de Heem, Dutch painter
- July 2 – Josefa de Óbidos, Spanish-born Portuguese painter
- October – Gerrit Battem, Dutch landscape painter probable
- * Claude Audran the Younger, French painter
- * Pietro Paolo Baldini, Italian painter
- * Giovanni Battista Carlone, Italian painter active mainly in Genoa
- * Muyan, Chinese Chan monk and calligrapher
- * Abraham Myra, Finnish painter