Events from the year 1658 in art.

Events

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Paintings

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Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (, ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker and draughtsman. An innovative and prolific master in three media, he is generally consid ...

– ''Self-portrait'' File:Johannes Vermeer - Gezicht op huizen in Delft, bekend als 'Het straatje' - Google Art Project.jpg, Vermeer – ''

The Little Street ''The Little Street'' (''Het Straatje'') is a painting by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer, executed c. 1657-1658. It is exhibited at the Rijksmuseum of Amsterdam, and signed, below the window in the lower left-hand corner, "I V MEER". Painti ...

'' File:Pieter de Hooch - The Courtyard of a House in Delft.jpg,

de Hooch De Hooch was the surname of a number of Dutch Golden Age painters of unknown relationship. Their names are frequently spelled De Hoogh as well, and the modern spelling of their name would be De Hoog. Pieter de Hooch is by far the best known amongs ...

– '' The Courtyard of a House in Delft'' Image:Guido_Cagnacci_003.jpg, Cagnacci – ''Death of Cleopatra'' * Guido Cagnacci – ''Death of

Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Philopator ( grc-gre, Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ}, "Cleopatra the father-beloved"; 69 BC10 August 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler.She was also a ...

'' * Pieter de Hooch **'' The Courtyard of a House in Delft'' ( National Gallery, London) **'' Woman Drinking with Soldiers'' ( The Louvre) **''A Woman drinking with Two Men, and a Maidservant'' (National Gallery, London) * Elisabetta Sirani – ''Baptism of Christ'' *

– ''

Self-portrait A self-portrait is a representation of an artist that is drawn, painted, photographed, or sculpted by that artist. Although self-portraits have been made since the earliest times, it is not until the Early Renaissance in the mid-15th century tha ...

'' * Simon Ushakov **'' Great Hierarch'' **'' Saviour Acheiropoieta'' (date doubtful) *

Wallerant Vaillant Wallerant Vaillant (30 May 1623 – 28 August 1677) was a painter of the Dutch Golden Age and one of the first artists to use the mezzotint technique, which he probably helped to develop. Family Wallerant Vaillant was born in Lille, the o ...

– ''Trompe-l'œil letter rack'' *

Adriaen van der Spelt Adriaen van der Spelt (c. 1630 in Leiden – 1673 in Gouda), was a Dutch Golden Age flower painter. Biography According to Houbraken, whose comments were based on the Gouda stories by Ignatius Walvis, he was an excellent flower painter born in ...

and Frans van Mieris – ''Flower Piece with Curtain'' ( The Art Institute of Chicago) * Jan Vermeer **''

'' **'' The Milkmaid''

Births

January 9 Events Pre-1600 * 681 – Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain. *1127 – Jin–Song Wars: Invading Jurchen soldiers from the J ...

- Nicolas Coustou,

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

sculptor (died

1733 Events January–March * January 13 – Borommarachathirat V becomes King of Siam (now Thailand) upon the death of King Sanphet IX. * January 27 – George Frideric Handel's classic opera, ''Orlando'' is performed for ...

) * March 23 -

Jean-Baptiste Santerre Jean-Baptiste Santerre (23 March 1651 – 21 November 1717) was a French painter and draughtsman of the Style Louis XIV, known for his history paintings, portraits, and portrait-like Genre painting, genre subjects. Considerably influenced by Ital ...

painter (died

1717 Events January–March * January 1 – Count Carl Gyllenborg, the Swedish ambassador to the Kingdom of Great Britain, is arrested in London over a plot to assist the Pretender to the British throne, James Francis Edward Stuart. * Ja ...

) * June 11 -

Victor Honoré Janssens Victor Honorius Janssens or Victor Honoré Janssens (or Jansens) (11 June 165814 August 1736) was a Flemish painter of religious and mythological works and a tapestry designer. He spent a substantial period of his career abroad and worked in Germ ...

, Flemish painter (died

1736 Events January–March * January 12 – George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, becomes the first Field Marshal of Great Britain. * January 23 – The Civil Code of 1734 is passed in Sweden. * January 26 – Stanislaus I of Pol ...

) * July 14 - Camillo Rusconi, Italian sculptor (died

1728 Events January–March * January 5 – The '' Real y Pontificia Universidad de San Gerónimo de la Habana'', the oldest university in Cuba, is founded in Havana. * January 9 – The coronation of Peter II as the Tsar of t ...

) * August 25 –

Claude Audran III Claude Audran III (25 August 1658 – 27 May 1734) was a French painter. Audran was born in Lyon into a family of artists. He lived with his uncle, Claude Audran the Younger. Painter to the Louis XIV of France in 1699. From 1700-1701 he took part ...

painter (died

1734 Events January– March * January 8 – Salzburgers, Lutherans who were expelled by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Salzburg, Austria, in October 1731, set sail for the British Colony of Province of Georgia, Georgia in North America ...

) *''date unknown'' **

Christian Berentz Christian Berentz or Bernetz (1658–1722) was a German Baroque painter. Biography Berentz was born in Hamburg, Germany. According to the RKD pupil he was the pupil of Hermann Kamphusen from 1667 to 1673 and then from 1673 to 1677 a pupil of G ...

, German artist (died

1722 Events January–March * January 27 – Daniel Defoe's novel ''Moll Flanders'' is published anonymously in London. * February 10 – The Battle of Cape Lopez begins off of the coast of West Africa (and present-day Gabon), as ...

) **

Carlo Antonio Bussi Carlo Antonio Bussi (1658 – 15 July 1690) was a Switzerland, Swiss Painting, painter. Bussi was born in Bissone. He primarily painted church interiors. In 1682 he married Margarete, the daughter of another Swiss painter Carpoforo Tencalla. ...

, Swiss painter (died

1690 Events January–March * January 2 – The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbian rebels and Austrian troops in battle at Kaçanik Gorge, prompting more than 30,000 Serb refugees to flee northward from Kosovo, Macedonia and Sandžak to the Aus ...

) **

Antonio Calza Antonio Calza (1658–1725) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was born in Verona to a jeweler. He was the pupil of the Bologna, Bolognese painter Carlo Cignani, then moved to Rome to work under Jacques Courtois. Guglielmo Capodoro ...

, Italian painter of historical and battle-scenes (died

1725 Events January–March * January 15 – James Macrae, a former captain of a freighter for the British East India Company, is hired by the Company to administer the Madras Presidency (at the time, the "Presidency of Fort St. Ge ...

) **

Giovanni Agostino Cassana Abate, or Giovanni Agostino Cassana (c.1658 – 6 May 1720) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was a son of Giovanni Francesco Cassana and an elder brother of Niccolò and Giovanni Battista.1720 Events January–March * February 10 – Edmond Halley is appointed as Astronomer Royal for England. * January 21 – Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm (Great Northern War). * February 17 – The Treaty of ...

) **

Lars Gallenius Lars Gallenius (circa 1658 Oulu – 25 March 1753 Jakobstad) was a Finnish painter. He was the first "free art person" in Finland. He received the bourgeois rights of the city of Oulu for painting in 1688. He primarily painted religious-themed mu ...

, Finnish painter (died

1753 Events January–March * January 3 – King Binnya Dala of the Hanthawaddy Kingdom orders the burning of Ava, the former capital of the Kingdom of Burma. * January 29 – After a month's absence, Elizabeth Canning returns ...

) ** Ogata Kōrin, Japanese

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

and lacquerer (died 1716 in art, 1716) **Franz Werner von Tamm, German-born, Italian painter (died 1724 in art, 1724)

Deaths

* June 11 - Domenico Carpinoni, Italian painter of primarily religious works (born 1566 in art, 1566) *June 27 - Ercole Gennari, Italian Renaissance drawer and painter (born 1597 in art, 1597) *June 29 - Gerrit Reynst, Dutch merchant and art collector (born 1599 in art, 1599; drowned) *November - Pieter de Bloot, Dutch painter (born 1601 in art, 1601) *December 2 - Cornelis Holsteyn, Dutch painter of historical allegories, portraits, and interior decorations (born 1618 in art, 1618) *''date unknown'' **Clemente Bocciardo, Italian painter (born 1620 in art, 1620) **Francis Cleyn, German painter and tapestry designer (born 1582 in art, 1582) **Carlo Ridolfi, Italian art biographer and painter (born 1594 in art, 1594) **Pieter Anthonisz. van Groenewegen, Dutch painter and member of the Bentvueghels (born 1600 in art, 1590-1600) **Cristóbal Vela, Spanish Baroque painter and gilder (born 1588 in art, 1588) **Robert Walker (painter), Robert Walker, English portrait painter (born 1599 in art, 1599) **Xiang Shengmo, Chinese painter of the Qing Dynasty (born 1597 in art, 1597) *''probable'' - Giulio Quaglio the Elder, Italian painter of frescoes (born 1610 in art, 1610)

References

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