1655 in art

Births

• January 21 - Antonio Molinari, Venetian painter of mythology and religious figures (died 1704)
• February 25 - Carel de Moor, Dutch etcher and painter (died 1738)
• March 4 - Fra Galgario (Giuseppe Ghislandi), Bergamese painter, mainly of portraits during the Rococo epoch (died 1743)
• June 11 - Antonio Cifrondi, Italian painter of genre works (died 1730)
• November 16 - Alessandro Gherardini, Italian painter, active mainly in Florence (died 1723)
• date unknown
• Marie Courtois, French miniature painter (died 1703)
• Englebert Fisen, Flemish painter (died 1733)
• Johann Ulrich Kraus, German illustrator, engraver and publisher (died 1719)
• Antonio Lorenzini, Italian painter and engraver (died 1740)
• Giacomo Pavia, Italian painter, active mainly in his native Bologna (died 1740)
• Jacques Prou, French Academic sculptor (died 1706)
• Anthoni Schoonjans, Belgian painter (died 1726)
• Sébastien Slodtz, French sculptor (died 1726)
• Filippo Tancredi, Italian painter of church frescoes (died 1722)
• David von Krafft, German-Swedish painter, nephew of David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl and his successor at the Swedish Royal Court (died 1725)

Deaths

• April 30 - Eustache Le Sueur or Lesueur, French painter (born 1617)
• date unknown
• Hendrick Andriessen, Flemish still-life painter (born 1607)
• Abraham de Vries, Dutch painter (born 1590)
• Giovanni Andrea Donducci (Mastelletta), Italian painter of the Bolognese School (painting) (born 1575)
• Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri, Italian painter and Caravaggisti (born 1589)
• Giovanni Battista Michelini, Italian painter of religious and mythological subjects (born 1604)
• Claes Corneliszoon Moeyaert, Catholic Dutch painter (born 1592)
• Abraham van den Hecken, Dutch painter of genre pieces, religious and historical scenes, portraits and still lifes (born 1615)
• Floris van Schooten, Dutch painter (born 1590)
• Herman van Swanevelt, Dutch painter (born 1604)
• Yi Sam-pyeong, father of Imari porcelain

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