1678 in art

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Events from the year 1678 in art.

Events

Louis Chéron wins the Prix de Rome for a second time.

Works

Gianlorenzo Bernini - the Tomb of Pope Alexander VII (completed during this year)
Albrecht Kauw - Still Life
Murillo - The Immaculate Conception and The Christ Child Distributing Bread to Pilgrims
Ary de Vois - The scholar Adriaan van Beverland with a prostitute

Births

June 3 - Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, Italian painter, sculptor and architect (died 1745)
date unknown
- Giovanni Francesco Bagnoli, Italian painter of still-life paintings (died 1713)
- Antonio Baroni, Italian painter active in Verona (died 1746)
- Carlo Bolognini, Italian painter of quadratura (died 1704)
- François Coudray, French sculptor (died 1727)
- Tommaso Dossi, Italian painter from Verona (died 1730)
- Alexis Grimou, French painter (died 1733)
- Bernardo Schiaffino, Italian sculptor (died 1725)
- Alonso Miguel de Tovar, Spanish painter (died 1758)

Deaths

January 29 - Giulio Carpioni, Italian painter and etcher (born 1613)
January 20 - Antonio de Pereda, Spanish painter (born 1611)
April 13 - Pieter van Anraedt, Dutch Golden Age painter of history scenes (born 1635)
April 22 - Sebastiano Mazzoni, Italian who painted with unresolved dynamism and from awkward perspectives (born 1611)
June
- Pieter Jansz van Asch, Dutch painter (born 1603)
- Otto Marseus van Schrieck, Dutch painter (born 1619)
July 26 - Orsola Maddalena Caccia, Italian woman painter (b. unknown)
September 1 - Jan Brueghel the Younger, Flemish painter (born 1601)
September 8 - Pietro della Vecchia, Italian painter of grotesque paintings and portraitures (born 1603)
October - Caesar van Everdingen, Dutch portrait painter (born 1616/1617)
October 12 - Pieter Codde, Dutch painter of genre works (born 1599)
October 18 - Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter (born 1593)
October 19 - Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter (born 1627)
November 20 - Karel Dujardin, Dutch animal and landscape painter (born 1626)
December 9 - Jürgen Ovens, German painter (born 1623)
date unknown
- Dominique Barrière, French painter and engraver (born 1622)
- Marco Boschini, Italian painter in Venice (born 1613)
- Pierre Daret, French portrait painter and engraver (born 1604)
- Bernabé de Ayala, Spanish historical painter (born 1600)
- Domenico de Benedettis, Italian painter (born 1610)
- Vicente Salvador Gómez, Spanish Baroque painter (born 1637)
- Giulio Cesare Milani, Italian painter (born 1621)
- Giacomo Torelli, Italian set designer and engraver (born 1608)
- Giovanni Battista Falda, Italian engraver especially of contemporary and antique structures in Rome (born 1640)
- Matthew Snelling, English miniature painter (born 1621)
- Pieter Hermansz Verelst, Dutch Golden Age genre art painter (born 1618)
probable
- Domenico Ambrogi, Italian painter from Bologna (born 1600)
- Cornelis de Neve, Flemish portrait painter (born unknown)

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