1657 in art

Events

* (unknown)

Paintings

* Diego Velázquez, "Las Meninas", 1656-1657
* Salomon van Ruysdael, "View of Deventer Seen from the North-West"

Births

* May 8 - Martino Altomonte, Italian painter of frescoes (d. 1745)
* Gioseffo Maria Bartolini - Italian painter of the late-Baroque period (d. 1725)
* Giovanni Batista Draghi - Italian painter of the Baroque period (d. 1712)
* Gregorio Lazzarini - Italian painter of religious subjects and those from history and mythology (d. 1730)
* Giuseppe Nicola Nasini - Italian painter of frescoes, director of Grand-Ducal Academy for the Arts (d. 1736)
* Francesco Solimena - Italian painter and draughtsman (d. 1747)
* Peter van Bloemen - Dutch painter (d. 1720)

Deaths

* Frans Snyders, Flemish still-life master, apprenticed in 1593 to Pieter II Brueghel (b. 1579)
* Bartholomeus Breenbergh - Dutch painter (b. 1598)
* Jacob van Campen - Dutch artist and architect of the Golden Age (b. 1597)
* Hendrik Gerritsz Pot - Dutch painter (b. 1580)
* Jan Antonisz van Ravesteyn - Dutch painter to the Dutch court in The Hague (b. 1572)
* Giuseppe Badaracco - Italian painter of the Baroque period (b. 1588)
* Bartolomeo Biscaino - Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in his native Genoa (b. 1632)
* Giovanni Andrea Biscaino - Italian painter of landscapes (b. "unknown")
* Carlo Bozzoni - Italian painter of the Baroque period (b. 1605)
* Silvestro Chiesa - Italian painter (b. "unknown")
* Cesare Dandini - Italian painter (b. 1596)
* Francesco Francanzano - Italian painter who participated in the Masaniello rebellion (b. 1612)
* Giovanni Battista Mainero - Italian painter from Genoa (b. 1600)
* Francesco Merano - Italian painter mainly active in his native Genoa (b. 1619)
* Giovanni Battista Monti - Italian painter of portraits (b. "unknown")
* Giovanni Paolo Oderico - Italian painter mainly active in Genoa (b. 1613)
* Giovanni Battista Primi - Italian marine landscapes and portrait painter (b. "unknown")
* Giovanni Stefano Verdura - Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Genoa (b. "unknown")
* Raffaello Vanni - Italian painter for churches of the Baroque period (b. 1590)
* Giovanni Stefano Verdura - Italian painter, mainly active in Genoa (b. "unknown")