1666 in art

Events

Works

Births

* April 12 - Pierre Le Gros the Younger, French sculptor, active almost exclusively in Baroque Rome (d. 1719)
* Antonio Balestra - Italian painter of the Rococo period (d. 1740)
* Ferdinando del Cairo - Italian painter of the Baroque (d. 1748)
* Johann Michael Feuchtmayer the Elder - German painter and copper engraver (d. 1713)
* Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl - Swedish Baroque painter of allegorys, portraits and group portraits (d. 1729)
* Giovanna Fratellini - Italian painter of small miniature portraits (d. 1731)
* Benedetto Luti - Italian painter of pastel portraits (d. 1724)
* Padre Felice Ramelli - Italian painter of portrait miniatures (d. 1740)

Deaths

* August 26 - Frans Hals, Dutch painter (born c. 1580)
* December 9 - Guercino, Italian Baroque painter (born 1591)
* Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Italian painter (born 1591)
* Philip Fruytiers, Flemish painter (born 1627)
* Giovanni Angelo Canini, Italian painter and engraver (born 1617)
* Paolo Emilio Besenzi - Italian painter of the 17th century, born and active in Reggio (b. 1624)
* Domenico Bruni - Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Brescia (b. 1600)
* Pier Francesco Mola - Italian painter of frescoes (b. 1612)
* Nicholas Lanier - English composer, singer, lutenist and painter (b. 1588)