Events from the year 1655 in art.
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Paintings
edit- Nicolaes Maes
- Eavesdropper with a Scolding Woman
- The Idle Servant (National Gallery, London)
- The Lacemaker (National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa)
- A Woman Spinning (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
- A Young Woman Sewing (Guildhall Art Gallery, City of London)
- Nicolas Poussin - St. Peter Healing a Sick Man
- Rembrandt
- (attributed) - The Polish Rider
- Christ Presented to the People (Ecce Homo) (drypoint)
- Bartholomeus van der Helst - Self-portrait
- Diego Velázquez - Infanta Maria Margareta
- Vermeer - Christ in the House of Martha and Mary
Births
edit- January 21 - Antonio Molinari, Venetian painter of mythology and religious figures (died 1704)
- February 25 - Carel de Moor, Dutch etcher and painter (died 1738)
- March 4 - Fra Galgario (Giuseppe Ghislandi), Bergamese painter, mainly of portraits during the Rococo epoch (died 1743)
- June 11 - Antonio Cifrondi, Italian painter of genre works (died 1730)
- November 16 - Alessandro Gherardini, Italian painter, active mainly in Florence (died 1723)
- date unknown
- Marie Courtois, French miniature painter (died 1703)
- Englebert Fisen, Flemish painter (died 1733)
- Johann Ulrich Kraus, German illustrator, engraver and publisher (died 1719)
- Antonio Lorenzini, Italian painter and engraver (died 1740)
- Giacomo Pavia, Italian painter, active mainly in his native Bologna (died 1740)
- Jacques Prou, French Academic sculptor (died 1706)
- Anthoni Schoonjans, Belgian painter (died 1726)
- Sébastien Slodtz, French sculptor (died 1726)
- Filippo Tancredi, Italian painter of church frescoes (died 1722)
- David von Krafft, German-Swedish painter, nephew of David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl and his successor at the Swedish Royal Court (died 1725)
Deaths
edit- April 30 - Eustache Le Sueur or Lesueur, French painter (born 1617)
- date unknown
- Hendrick Andriessen, Flemish still-life painter (born 1607)
- Abraham de Vries, Dutch painter (born 1590)
- Giovanni Andrea Donducci (Mastelletta), Italian painter of the Bolognese School (painting) (born 1575)
- Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri, Italian painter and Caravaggisti (born 1589)
- Giovanni Battista Michelini, Italian painter of religious and mythological subjects (born 1604)
- Claes Corneliszoon Moeyaert, Catholic Dutch painter (born 1592)
- Abraham van den Hecken, Dutch painter of genre pieces, religious and historical scenes, portraits and still lifes (born 1615)
- Floris van Schooten, Dutch painter (born 1590)
- Herman van Swanevelt, Dutch painter (born 1604)
- Yi Sam-pyeong, father of Imari porcelain