# 1680 in art

Events from the year 1680 in art.

## Events

* Following the death of Sir Peter Lely, Godfrey Kneller is appointed Principal Painter to the Crown by King Charles II of England.

## Paintings

* Pedro Nuñez de Villavicencio - Fallen Apple Basket (Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest))
* Godfrey Kneller - Black Page Boy (Charlecote Park, England)
* Gerard ter Borch - Young Man Reading a Book (approximate date)

## Births

* January 3 - Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German painter and stucco plasterer (died 1758)
* March 23 - Juan Ramírez Mejandre, Spanish Baroque sculptor (died 1739)
* date unknown
** Juan Antonio García de Bouzas, Spanish painter of the Baroque period (died 1755)
** Francisco Bustamante, Spanish painter (died 1737)
** Leonardo Coccorante, Italian painter especially of large, highly detailed landscapes with imaginary classical architectural ruins (died 1750)
** Lorenzo De Ferrari, Italian painter (died 1744)
** Giuseppe Gambarini, Italian painter of frescoes (died 1725)
** Carlo Antonio Rambaldi, Italian painter of the Baroque period (died 1717)
** Girolamo Rossi, Italian engraver of the late-Baroque (d. unknown)
** Carlo Salis, Italian painter, born in Verona (died 1763)
** Pier Lorenzo Spoleti, Italian painter of portrait painting and reproductions of master paintings (died 1726)
** Maria Verelst, Dutch miniature and portrait painter (died 1744)
** Candido Vitali, Italian painter of still lifes of animals, birds, flower, and fruit (died 1753)
* probable
** Maurice Baquoy, French engraver (died 1747)
** Francesco Boccaccino, Italian painter, born at Cremona (died 1750)
** Domenico Bocciardo, Italian painter, active in Genoa (died 1746)
** Charles Collins, Irish painter primarily of animals and still-life (died 1744)
** Sebastiano Conca, Italian painter (died 1764)
** Jean-Baptiste Gilles, French painter of portraits in miniature and water-colours (died 1762)
** Gaetano Martoriello, Italian painter of marine vedute and landscapes (died 1733)

## Deaths

* February – Willem Drost, Netherlands painter (born 1630)
* August 24 – Ferdinand Bol, Dutch artist, etcher, and draftsman (born 1616)
* October 4 – Jacobus Mancadan, Dutch Golden Age painter mostly known for his pastoral landscapes (born 1602)
* November 28
** Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor/architect/painter (born 1598)
** Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Italian architect and painter (born 1606)
* November 30 – Sir Peter Lely, English painter (born 1618)
* date unknown
** Juan de Alfaro y Gamez, Spanish painter of the Baroque (born 1643)
** Nicolas Baudesson, French flower painter (born 1611)
** Girolamo Bonini, Italian painter, active mainly in Bologna (born unknown)
** Hendrick Danckerts, Dutch painter and engraver (born 1625)
** Angelo Everardi, Italian painter of battle scenes (born 1647)
** Adriano Palladino, Italian painter born and active in Cortona (born 1610)
** Francesco Quaini, Italian painter of quadratura (born 1611)
** Luigi Pellegrini Scaramuccia, Italian painter and artist biographer (born 1616)
** Wang Shimin – Chinese landscape painter during the Qing dynasty (born 1592)
* probable
** Willem Claeszoon Heda, Dutch still life painter (born 1594)
** Giovanni Fulco, Italian painter excelling particularly in the representation of children (born 1615)