1617 in art

Events

Works

Births

*January 22 - Ludovicus Neefs, Flemish painter (d. 1649)
*February 5 - Jan Thomas van Ieperen, Flemish painter and engraver (d. 1673)
* November 19 - Eustache Le Sueur, co-founder of the French Academy of painting (d. 1655)
* December - Gerard ter Borch, Dutch subject painter (d. 1681)
* December 31 - Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter best known for his religious works (d. 1682)
* "date unknown"
**Ambrosius Brueghel, Flemish painter (d. 1675)
**Giovanni Angelo Canini, Italian painter and engraver (d. 1666)
**Lucas Faydherbe, Dutch sculptor and architect (d. 1697)
**Dionisio Lazzari, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1689)
**Pellegrino Piola, Italian painter (d. 1640)
**Emanuel de Witte, Dutch perspective painter (d. 1692)
**John Michael Wright - British baroque portrait painter (d. 1694)
**Tosa Mitsuoki - Japanese painter (d. 1691)
**Paolo Porpora - Italian painter of floral still lifes (d. 1670)
**Carlo Sacchi - Italian painter and engraver (d. 1706)

Deaths

*January 1 - Hendrik Goltzius, Dutch printmaker, draughtsman and painter (b. 1588)
*October 2 - Isaac Oliver, French-born English portrait miniature painter (b. 1565)
*"date unknown"
**Giovanni Battista Vernici, Italian painter (b. "unknown")
**Andrea Vicentino, Italian Mannerist painter (b. 1542)