- 1640 in art
Events
Paintings
Births
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Evert Collier - Dutch painter known forvanitas still-life andtrompe l'oeil paintings (d. 1708)
*Abraham Mignon - Dutch painter born atFrankfurt (d. 1679)
*Gérard Audran - Frenchengraver of theAudran family (d. 1703)
*Filippo Abbiati - Italian painter of theBaroque period (d. 1715)
*Giovanni Lorenzo Bertolotti - Italian painter of theBaroque period, active inGenoa (d. 1721)
*Giovanni Ventura Borghesi - Italian painter of theBaroque period, active mainly inRome (d. 1708)
*Marco Liberi - Italian painter of mythologic and historiccabinet painting s (d. 1687)
*Jose Risueño - Spanish painter helped decorate the cupola of the church in the Carthusian monastery (d. 1721)
*Charles de La Fosse - French painter (d. 1716)
*Jean Bérain the Elder - Draughtsman anddesigner , painter andengraver of ornament (d. 1711)
*Giovanni Battista Falda - Italian engraver especially of contemporary and antique structures inRome (d. 1678)
*Antoine Coysevox - French sculptor emigrated fromSpain (d. 1720)
* (b.1640 /1641 ):Gerard de Lairesse -Dutch Golden Age painter and art theorist (d. 1711)Deaths
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February 4 (bur.) -Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom , Dutch painter (b. 1566), father of reverse-named painterCornelis Hendriksz Vroom (1591-1661).
*May 30 -Peter Paul Rubens , Flemish painter (b. 1577)
*Agostino Ciampelli - Italian fresco painter (b. 1578)
*Jacopo Chimenti - Italian late-mannerist painter (b. 1551)
*Giuseppe Cesari - Italian painter (b. 1568)
*Pellegrino Piola - Italian painter (b. 1617)
*Antonia Bertucci-Pinelli - Italian woman painter of theBaroque period (b. "unknown")
*Giovanni Antonio Lelli - Italian painter of theBaroque period (b. 1591)
*Ercole de Maria - Italian painter awarded knighthood byUrban VIII (b. "unknown")
*Mario Minniti - Italian painter , who was also the model forCaravaggio 's painting "Boy with a Basket of Fruit " (b. 1577)
*Alfonso Rivarola - Italian painter of theRenaissance period, active mainly in his nativeFerrara (b. 1607)
*Giovanni Battista Ruggieri - Italian painter of theBaroque period (b. "unknown")
*Pietro Tacca - Italian sculptor and follower ofGiambologna (b. 1557)
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