1657 in art

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Events from the year 1657 in art.

Events

July - The outbreak of plague in Genoa reaches its height; it results in the deaths of many artists, as well as both the parents of 19-year-old painter Giovanni Battista Gaulli and two of the three sons of Luciano Borzone.
Nicolaes van Verendael becomes a member of the Guild of St Luke at Antwerp.

Paintings

Nicolaes Maes – Portrait of Four Children
Nicolas Poussin – The Flight into Egypt
Salomon van Ruysdael – View of Deventer Seen from the North-West
Diego Velázquez – Las Hilanderas (c.1657)
Jan Vermeer – A Girl Asleep

Births

January - Pieter van Bloemen, Flemish painter (died 1720)
May 8 – Martino Altomonte, Italian painter of frescoes (died 1745)
October 4 - Francesco Solimena, Italian painter and draughtsman (died 1747)
October 8 - Wigerus Vitringa, Dutch seascape painter (died 1725)
date unknown
- Gioseffo Maria Bartolini, Italian painter (died 1725)
- Michiel Carree, Dutch painter (died 1727)
- Louis de Boullogne, French painter and brother of Bon Boullogne (died 1733)
- Giovanni Evangelista Draghi, Italian painter (died 1712)
- Gregorio Lazzarini, Italian painter of religious, historical and mythological subjects (died 1730)
- Pârvu Mutul, Romanian muralist and church painter (died 1735)
- Giuseppe Nicola Nasini, Italian painter of frescoes, director of Grand-Ducal Academy for the Arts (died 1736)
- Joseph Vivien, French painter (died 1735)

Deaths

February 7 - Cesare Dandini, Italian painter (born 1596)
February 19 - Evert van Aelst, Dutch still life painter (born 1602)
March 7 - Balthasar van der Ast, Dutch Golden Age painter who specialized in still lifes of flowers and fruit (born 1593/1594)
April 29 - Jacques Stella, French painter (born 1596)
June - Jan Antonisz van Ravesteyn, Dutch painter to the Dutch court in The Hague (born 1572)
July - Luigi Baccio del Bianco, Italian architect, engineer, scenic designer and painter (born 1604)
August 16 - Pieter Soutman, Dutch Golden Age painter (born 1580)
August 19 - Frans Snyders, Flemish still-life master, apprenticed to Pieter II Brueghel (born 1579)
September 13 - Jacob van Campen, Dutch artist and architect of the Golden Age (born 1597)
October
- David Bailly, Leiden artist (born 1584)
- Hendrik Gerritsz Pot, Dutch painter (born 1580)
November 29 - Raffaello Vanni, Italian painter for churches of the Baroque period (born 1590)
date unknown
- Bartholomeus Breenbergh, Dutch painter (born 1598)
- Carlo Bozzoni, Italian painter of the Baroque period (born 1605)
- Giovanni Paolo Oderico, Italian painter mainly active in Genoa (born 1613)
- Clara Peeters, Flemish still life painter (born 1594)
- Pieter van Schaeyenborgh, Dutch painter of fish still lifes (born 1600)
victims of the Genoa plague
- Giuseppe Badaracco, Italian painter (born 1588)
- Bartolomeo Biscaino, Italian painter, active in his native Genoa (born 1632)
- Giovanni Andrea Biscaino (father of Bartolomeo), Italian painter of landscapes (date of birth unknown)
- Silvestro Chiesa, Italian painter (b. unknown)
- Giovanni Battista Mainero, Italian painter from Genoa (born 1600)
- Francesco Merano, Italian painter mainly active in his native Genoa (born 1619)
- Giovanni Battista Monti, Italian painter of portraits (date of birth unknown)
- Giovanni Battista Primi, Italian marine landscapes and portrait painter (date of birth unknown)
- Giovanni Stefano Verdura, Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Genoa (date of birth unknown)