1665 in art

Events

* April - Gian Lorenzo Bernini arrives in Paris, where he remains until November, fêted by the population.
* Claude Perrault begins work on the eastern wing of the Louvre.

Works

* "A Lady Writing a Letter" - Johannes Vermeer, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.

Births

* Giuseppe Crespi, Italian late Baroque painter of the Bolognese School (d. 1747)
* José Benito de Churriguera, Spanish architect and sculptor (d. 1725)
* Tommaso Redi - Italian painter, active during the late-Baroque in his native Florence (d. 1726)
* Maurelio Scanavini - Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Ferrara (d. 1698)
* Giovanni Enrico Vaymer - Italian portrait painter (d. 1738)
* Bartolomeo Pedon - Italian veduta painter (d. 1732)
* Johan Richter - Italian Baroque painter of landscapes or veduta of Venice (d. 1745)

Deaths

*November 19 - Nicolas Poussin, painter (born 1594)
* Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy, painter (born 1611)
* Aniello Falcone, Italian Baroque painter noted for his painted depictions of battle scenes (born 1600)
* Pieter Jansz Saenredam, painter (born 1597)
* Thomas Simon, English medalist (born c.1623)
* Elisabetta Sirani, Italian painter (born 1638)
* Albert Eckhout - Dutch portrait and still life painter (b. 1610)
* Francesco Cairo - Italian painter active in Lombardy and Piedmont (b. 1607)
* Francesco Costanzo Cattaneo - Italian painter of the Baroque period (b. 1602)
* Costanza Cattanio - Italian painter of primarily soldiers and banditti (b. 1602)