1643 in art

Events

• Painter Peter Lely moves from Haarlem to London at about this date.

Works

• Sébastien Bourdon – A Brawl in a Guard-room (Dulwich Picture Gallery; approximate date)
• Alonzo Cano – Ideal portrait of a Spanish King
• William Dobson – Portrait of an Old and a Younger Man (John Taylor and John Denham)
• Jan van Goyen – An Evening River Landscape with a Ferry
• Cornelius Johnson – Major-General Sir William Waller
• Rembrandt
  • The Artist's Wife, Saskia (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin)
  • Landscape with a Castle (Musée du Louvre)
  • Portrait of an Old Man (or The Old Rabbi; Woburn Abbey, England)
  • The Three Trees (etching)
• Diego Velázquez – Self-portrait (Uffizi; approximate date)

Births

• 7 December – Giovanni Battista Falda, Italian engraver especially of contemporary and antique structures in Rome (died 1678)
• date unknown
  • Juan de Alfaro y Gamez, Spanish painter of the Baroque (died 1680)
  • Giovanni Battista Buonocore, Italian painter (died 1699)
  • Filippo Gherardi – Italian painter of frescoes (died 1704)
  • Ludovico Gimignani, Italian painter, active mainly in Rome, during the Baroque period (died 1697)
  • Luigi Quaini, Italian painter of landscapes and architecture (died 1717)
  • Pandolfo Reschi, Polish-born Italian painter of battle scenes and landscapes (died 1699)
  • Orazio Marinali, Italian late-baroque sculptor, active mainly in Veneto (died 1720)
  • Gottfried Schalken, Dutch painter (died 1706)

Deaths

• April – Abraham Bosschaert, Dutch painter (born 1612)
• December 30 – Giovanni Baglione, Italian painter and historian of art (born 1566)
• date unknown
  • Jean Chalette, French miniature and portrait painter (born 1581)
  • Belisario Corenzio, Italian Mannerist painter (born 1558)
  • Guillaume Dupré, French sculptor and medallist (born 1574)
  • Cornelis Jacobsz Delff, Dutch painter (born 1570)
• probable
  • Cheng Jiasui, Chinese landscape painter and poet during the Ming Dynasty (born 1565)
  • Ottavio Vannini, Italian painter of altarpieces and churches, active mainly in Florence (born 1585)

References

References

1. (2012-03-28). "Woburn Abbey unveils Rembrandt Masterpiece". Woburn Abbey.
2. (2012-03-28). "'New' Rembrandt portrait to be unveiled at Woburn Abbey". [[BBC News]].