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Overview of the events of 1656 in art
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Events from the year
1656 in art
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Contents
Events
Works
Births
Deaths
References
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
Velázquez
–
Las Meninas
Vermeer
–
The Procuress
. The figure on the left has been called Vermeer's
self-portrait
.
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
.
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