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1687 in art

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Events from the year 1687 in art.

Events

  • September 26 – An Ottoman Turk ammunition dump inside the Parthenon at Athens is ignited by Venetian bombardment. The resulting explosion severely damages the building and its sculptures.

Paintings

  • Godfrey Kneller – The Chinese Convert
  • Carlo Maratta – Madonna and Child with St. Stanislaus Kostka (Sant'Andrea al Quirinale, Rome)
  • Willem van de Velde – The 'Gouden Leeuw' at the Battle of the Texel, 21 August 1673
  • Alida Withoos – Pineapple (painting of the first pineapple bred in Europe; not extant)

Births

  • April 13 – Sigismund Streit, German merchant and patron of the arts (died 1775)
  • June 6 – Giambattista Pittoni, Italian painter of religious, historical, and mythological subjects (died 1767)
  • date unknown
    • Pietro Anderlini, Italian painter of the Rococo period (died 1755)
    • Jean Duvivier, French medallist (died 1761)
    • Egrikapili Mehmed Rasim Efendi, Ottoman calligrapher (died 1756)
    • Gaetano Fanti, Italian fresco painter (died 1759)
    • Thomas-Joachim Hébert, French ébéniste and furniture designer (died 1773)
    • Jin Nong, Chinese painter of mei blossoms, one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou (died 1763/1764)
    • Arnold Frans Rubens, Flemish Baroque painter specialized in cabinet pictures of landscapes and battle scenes (died 1719)
    • Huang Shen, Chinese painter (died 1772)
    • Pieter Vanderlyn, American colonial painter (died 1778)
    • Jacob van Huysum, Dutch botanical artist (died 1740)

Deaths

  • February 3 – Bernhard Keil, Danish painter (born 1624)
  • June – Juriaen van Streeck, Dutch Golden Age painter (born 1632)
  • September 10 – Willem Wissing, Dutch portrait artist (born 1656)
  • October 18 – Pietro Liberi, Italian painter nicknamed il Libertino (born 1605)
  • November 18 – Anton Janson, Dutch typographer and printmaker (born 1620)
  • date unknown
    • Samuel Bernard, French miniature painter and engraver (born 1615)
    • Giacomo di Castro, Italian painter (born 1624)
    • François Collignon, French engraver, print-seller and publisher (born 1609)
    • Angelo Michele Colonna, Italian painter of frescoes (born 1604)
    • Nicolas Frémery, French sculptor (date of birth unknown)
    • Simon de Leal Leon, Spanish painter (born 1610)
    • Marco Liberi, Italian painter of mythologic and historic cabinet paintings (born 1640)
    • Crestano Menarola, Italian painter and printmaker (born 1605))
    • Hubertus Quellinus, Flemish Baroque engraver (born 1619)
    • Francesco Rosa, Italian painter (date of birth unknown)
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