1656 in art

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Events from the year 1656 in art.

Events

March–December – Naples Plague kills many artists there.
Rembrandt, facing bankruptcy, is forced to arrange sale of most of his paintings and collection of antiquities.

Works

Vermeer – *The Procuress*. The figure on the left has been called Vermeer's self-portrait.^[1]

Bernardino Mei – The Charlatan
Rembrandt – Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph
Diego Velázquez – Las Meninas (Museo del Prado, Madrid)
Jan Vermeer – The Procuress (approximate date; Gemäldegalerie, Dresden)

Births

April 9 – Francesco Trevisani, Italian painter of frescoes (died 1746)
April 25 – Giovanni Antonio Burrini, Bolognese painter in late-Baroque or Rococo style (died 1727)
July 15 – Massimiliano Soldani Benzi, Italian sculptor and medallist (died 1740)
August 18 – Ferdinando Galli Bibiena, Italian architect, designer, painter and author (died 1743)
October 10 – Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (died 1746)
November – Jacob de Heusch, Dutch painter (died 1701)
December 11 – Johann Michael Rottmayr, Austrian painter (died 1730)
date unknown
- Pierre Aveline, French engraver, print-publisher and print-seller (died 1722)
- François Barois, French sculptor (died 1726)
- Simone Brentana, Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Verona (died 1742)
- Heinrich Charasky, Hungarian sculptor (died 1710)
- José de Cieza, Spanish painter (died 1692)
- Louis de Deyster, Flemish painter of churches and maker of musical instruments (died 1711)
- Sebastiano Galeotti, peripatetic Italian painter of the late-Baroque period (died 1746)
- Maria Oriana Galli-Bibiena, Italian painter (died 1749)
- Willem Wissing, Dutch portrait artist (died 1687)

Deaths

April 27
- Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter of Utrecht (born 1592)
- Jan van Goyen, Dutch landscape painter (born 1596)
May 17 - Dirck Hals, Dutch painter of festivals and ballroom scenes (born 1591)
July 12 - Giovanni Giacomo Barbelli, Italian painter, active in Brescia (born 1604)
August - Salomon Koninck, Dutch painter of genre scenes, portraits and an engraver (born 1609)
November 12 - Hendrick van Anthonissen, Dutch marine painter (born 1605)
December 20 - David Beck, Dutch portrait painter (born 1621)
December 28 - Laurent de La Hyre, French painter (born 1606)
date unknown
- Guido Ubaldo Abbatini, Italian painter (born 1600)
- Jacopo Barbello, Italian painter (born 1590)
- Didier Barra, French Renaissance painter (born 1590)
- Gregorio Bausá, Spanish painter (born 1590)
- Remigio Cantagallina, Italian etcher (born 1582)
- Francisco Collantes, Spanish painter (born 1599)
- Maria de Abarca, Spanish painter of large and miniature portraits (born unknown)
- Francesco Francanzano, Italian painter (born 1612; executed for inciting rebellion)
- Francisco Herrera the Elder, Spanish painter and founder of the Seville school for the arts (born 1576)
- Jean Monier, French painter (born 1600)
victims of Naples Plague
- Bernardo Cavallino, Italian painter working in Naples (born 1616)
- Massimo Stanzione, Italian Caravaggisti painter of frescoes (born 1586)
probable
- Luigi Miradori, Italian painter, active mainly in Cremona (born 1600/1610)
- Harmen Steenwijck, Dutch painter of still lifes, notably of fruit (born 1612)
possible - Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter (born 1593)

References

^ Boone, Jon (2001–2009). "The Procuress: Evidence for a Vermeer Self-Portrait". Essential Vermeer. Retrieved 2012-05-23.

[1] Boone, Jon (2001–2009). "The Procuress: Evidence for a Vermeer Self-Portrait". Essential Vermeer. Retrieved 2012-05-23.

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