# 1657 in art

Events from the year 1657 in art.

## Events

* July - The outbreak of plague in Genoa reaches its height; it results in the deaths of many artists, as well as both the parents of 19-year-old painter Giovanni Battista Gaulli and two of the three sons of Luciano Borzone.
* Nicolaes van Verendael becomes a member of the Guild of St Luke at Antwerp.

## Paintings

* Nicolaes Maes – Portrait of Four Children
* Nicolas Poussin – The Flight into Egypt
* Salomon van Ruysdael – View of Deventer Seen from the North-West
* Diego Velázquez – Las Hilanderas (c.1657)
* Jan Vermeer – A Girl Asleep

## Births

* January - Pieter van Bloemen, Flemish painter (died 1720)
* May 8 – Martino Altomonte, Italian painter of frescoes (died 1745)
* October 4 - Francesco Solimena, Italian painter and draughtsman (died 1747)
* October 8 - Wigerus Vitringa, Dutch seascape painter (died 1725)
* date unknown
** Gioseffo Maria Bartolini, Italian painter (died 1725)
** Michiel Carree, Dutch painter (died 1727)
** Louis de Boullogne, French painter and brother of Bon Boullogne (died 1733)
** Giovanni Evangelista Draghi, Italian painter (died 1712)
** Gregorio Lazzarini, Italian painter of religious, historical and mythological subjects (died 1730)
** Pârvu Mutul, Romanian muralist and church painter (died 1735)
** Giuseppe Nicola Nasini, Italian painter of frescoes, director of Grand-Ducal Academy for the Arts (died 1736)
** Joseph Vivien, French painter (died 1735)

## Deaths

* February 7 - Cesare Dandini, Italian painter (born 1596)
* February 19 - Evert van Aelst, Dutch still life painter (born 1602)
* March 7 - Balthasar van der Ast, Dutch Golden Age painter who specialized in still lifes of flowers and fruit (born 1593/1594)
* April 29 - Jacques Stella, French painter (born 1596)
* June - Jan Antonisz van Ravesteyn, Dutch painter to the Dutch court in The Hague (born 1572)
* July - Luigi Baccio del Bianco, Italian architect, engineer, scenic designer and painter (born 1604)
* August 16 - Pieter Soutman, Dutch Golden Age painter (born 1580)
* August 19 - Frans Snyders, Flemish still-life master, apprenticed to Pieter II Brueghel (born 1579)
* September 13 - Jacob van Campen, Dutch artist and architect of the Golden Age (born 1597)
* October
** David Bailly, Leiden artist (born 1584)
** Hendrik Gerritsz Pot, Dutch painter (born 1580)
* November 29 - Raffaello Vanni, Italian painter for churches of the Baroque period (born 1590)
* date unknown
** Bartholomeus Breenbergh, Dutch painter (born 1598)
** Carlo Bozzoni, Italian painter of the Baroque period (born 1605)
** Giovanni Paolo Oderico, Italian painter mainly active in Genoa (born 1613)
** Clara Peeters, Flemish still life painter (born 1594)
** Pieter van Schaeyenborgh, Dutch painter of fish still lifes (born 1600)
* victims of the Genoa plague
** Giuseppe Badaracco, Italian painter (born 1588)
** Bartolomeo Biscaino, Italian painter, active in his native Genoa (born 1632)
** Giovanni Andrea Biscaino (father of Bartolomeo), Italian painter of landscapes (date of birth unknown)
** Silvestro Chiesa, Italian painter (b. unknown)
** Giovanni Battista Mainero, Italian painter from Genoa (born 1600)
** Francesco Merano, Italian painter mainly active in his native Genoa (born 1619)
** Giovanni Battista Monti, Italian painter of portraits (date of birth unknown)
** Giovanni Battista Primi, Italian marine landscapes and portrait painter (date of birth unknown)
** Giovanni Stefano Verdura, Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Genoa (date of birth unknown)