1666 in art
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Events

Works

See also: Category:1666 paintings

Births

• April 12 - Pierre Le Gros the Younger, French sculptor, active almost exclusively in Baroque Rome (d. 1719)
• Antonio Balestra - Italian painter of the Rococo period (d. 1740)
• Ferdinando del Cairo - Italian painter of the Baroque (d. 1748)
• Johann Michael Feuchtmayer the Elder - German painter and copper engraver (d. 1713)
• Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl - Swedish Baroque painter of allegorys, portraits and group portraits (d. 1729)
• Giovanna Fratellini - Italian painter of small miniature portraits (d. 1731)
• Benedetto Luti - Italian painter of pastel portraits (d. 1724)
• Padre Felice Ramelli - Italian painter of portrait miniatures (d. 1740)

Deaths

• August 26 - Frans Hals, Dutch painter (born c. 1580)
• December 9 - Guercino, Italian Baroque painter (born 1591)
• Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Italian painter (born 1591)
• Philip Fruytiers, Flemish painter (born 1627)
• Giovanni Angelo Canini, Italian painter and engraver (born 1617)
• Paolo Emilio Besenzi - Italian painter of the 17th century, born and active in Reggio (b. 1624)
• Domenico Bruni - Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Brescia (b. 1600)
• Pier Francesco Mola - Italian painter of frescoes (b. 1612)
• Nicholas Lanier - English composer, singer, lutenist and painter (b. 1588)