1657 in art

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)

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