1644 in art

Events

* (unknown)

Paintings

* Claude Lorrain: "Odysseus Returns Chryseis to Her Father"
* Hans Gillisz. Bollongier: "Blumenstück" ("Piece of Flower")

Births

* Jacob van Huchtenburg - Dutch painter (d. 1675)
* Abraham Storck - Dutch landscape and maritime painter of the Baroque era (d. 1708)
* Domenico Bettini - Italian painter of the Baroque especially still lifes (d. "unknown")
* Marziale Carpinoni - Italian painter of the Baroque period (d. 1722)
* Étienne Allegrain - French topographical painter (d. 1736)
* Yang Jin - Chinese painter during the Qing Dynasty (d. 1728)

Deaths

*January 20 - Stefano Amadei, Italian still-life painter (b. 1580)
*February - Johannes van der Beeck, Dutch painter (b. 1589)
*July 16 - Giovanni Biliverti, Italian Mannerist painter (b. 1585)
*August 2 - Bernardo Strozzi, Italian painter (b. 1581)
*November 27 - Francisco Pacheco, Spanish painter and writer on painting (b. 1564)
*"date unknown"
**Giovanni Maria Bottala, Italian painter (b. 1613)
**George Jamesone, Scottish portrait painter (b. 1587)
**Pedro Orrente, Spanish painter (b. 1575)
**Claudio Ridolfi, Italian painter (b. 1560)
**Giovanni Maria Bottala - Italian painter active in the Baroque period (b. 1613)
**Cui Zizhong - Chinese painter during the Ming Dynasty (b. "unknown")
**Ni Yuanlu - Chinese calligrapher and painter during the Ming Dynasty (b. 1593)