1680 in art

Events

* When Sir Peter Lely died in 1680, Godfrey Kneller was appointed Principal Painter to the Crown by Charles II.

Paintings

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Births

* Abducelil Celebi Levni, Turkish/Italian poet and painter, in the service of the court at Istanbul (d. 1732)
* Sebastiano Conca Italian painter (d. 1764)
* Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Italian painter (d. 1732)
* Angelo Maria Querini, Italian (d. 1755)
* Jan Jakob Spoede, Flemish artist (d. 1757)
* Francesco Boccaccino - Italian painter of the Baroque, born at Cremona (d. 1750)
* Domenico Bocciardo - Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Genoa (d. 1746)
* Lorenzo de' Ferrari - Italian painter of the Baroque period (d. 1744)
* Giuseppe Gambarini - Italian painter of frescoes (d. 1725)
* Johann Baptist Zimmermann - German painter and a prime stucco plasterer during the Baroque (d. 1758)
* Charles Collins - Irish painter primarily of animals and still-life (d. 1744)
* Gaetano Martoriello - Italian painter of marine vedute and landscapes (d. 1733)
* Carlo Antonio Rambaldi - Italian painter of the Baroque period (d. 1717)
* Girolamo Rossi - Italian engraver of the late-Baroque (d. "unknown")
* Carlo Salis - Italian painter of the Baroque period, born in Verona (d. 1763)
* Pier Lorenzo Spoleti - Italian painter of portrait painting and reproductions of master paintings (d. 1726)
* Candido Vitali - Italian painter of still lifes of animals, birds, flower, and fruit (d. 1753)
* Leonardo Coccorante - Italian painter especially of large, highly detailed landscapes with imaginary classical architectural ruins (d. 1750)
* Antonio Maria Zanetti - Italian artist especially of woodcuts (d. 1757)

Deaths

* Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor/achitect/painter (b. 1598)
* Willem Drost, Dutch painter (b. 1630)
* Sir Peter Lely, English painter (b. 1618)
* Ferdinand Bol - Dutch artist, etcher, and draftsman (b. 1616)
* Hendrick Danckerts, Dutch painter and engraver (b. 1625)
* Willem Claeszoon Heda - Dutch artist devoted exclusively to the painting of still life (b. 1594)
* Girolamo Bonini - Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Bologna (b. "unknown")
* Angelo Everardi - Italian painter of battle scenes (b. 1647)
* Giovanni Fulco - Italian painter excelling particularly in the representation of children (b. 1615)
* Adriano Palladino - Italian painter born and active in Cortona (b. 1610)
* Francesco Quaini - Italian painter of quadratura (b. 1611)
* Luigi Pellegrini Scaramuccia - Italian painter and artist biographer of the Baroque period (b. 1616)
* Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi - Italian architect and painter (b. 1606)
* Wang Shimin - Chinese landscape painter during the Ch'ing Dynasty (b. 1592)