1617 in art
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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)