1665 in art
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Events

• April - Gian Lorenzo Bernini arrives in Paris, where he remains until November, fêted by the population.
• Claude Perrault begins work on the eastern wing of the Louvre.

Works

See also: Category:1665 paintings

• A Lady Writing a Letter - Johannes Vermeer, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.

Johannes Vermeer, A Lady Writing a Letter, 1665

Births

• Giuseppe Crespi, Italian late Baroque painter of the Bolognese School (d. 1747)
• José Benito de Churriguera, Spanish architect and sculptor (d. 1725)
• Tommaso Redi - Italian painter, active during the late-Baroque in his native Florence (d. 1726)
• Maurelio Scanavini - Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Ferrara (d. 1698)
• Giovanni Enrico Vaymer - Italian portrait painter (d. 1738)
• Bartolomeo Pedon - Italian veduta painter (d. 1732)
• Johan Richter - Italian Baroque painter of landscapes or veduta of Venice (d. 1745)

Deaths

• November 19 - Nicolas Poussin, painter (born 1594)
• Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy, painter (born 1611)
• Aniello Falcone, Italian Baroque painter noted for his painted depictions of battle scenes (born 1600)
• Pieter Jansz Saenredam, painter (born 1597)
• Thomas Simon, English medalist (born c.1623)
• Elisabetta Sirani, Italian painter (born 1638)
• Albert Eckhout - Dutch portrait and still life painter (b. 1610)
• Francesco Cairo - Italian painter active in Lombardy and Piedmont (b. 1607)
• Francesco Costanzo Cattaneo - Italian painter of the Baroque period (b. 1602)
• Costanza Cattanio - Italian painter of primarily soldiers and banditti (b. 1602)