Events from the year 1644 in art.

Events

• Nicolas Poussin begins to paint the second series of Seven Sacraments.^[1]

Works

Births

• April - Abraham Storck, Dutch landscape and maritime painter of the Baroque era (died 1708^[2])
• date unknown
  • Étienne Allegrain, French topographical painter (died 1736)
  • Francisco Antolínez, Spanish historical and landscape painter (died 1700)
  • Domenico Bettini, Italian painter of still lifes (d. unknown)
  • Jacob van Huchtenburg, Dutch painter (died 1675)
  • Yang Jin, Chinese painter during the Qing Dynasty (died 1728)
  • Simon Pietersz Verelst, Dutch Golden Age painter (died 1710)
• date unknown - Pietro Erardi, Maltese chaplain and painter (died 1727)^[3]
• probable
  • Marziale Carpinoni, Italian painter of the Baroque period (died 1722)
  • Elizabeth Haselwood English silversmith (died 1715)^[4]

Deaths

• January 20 – Stefano Amadei, Italian still-life painter (born 1580)
• February – Johannes van der Beeck, Dutch painter (born 1589)
• May 11 - Domingos da Cunha, Portuguese painter (born 1598)
• June 14 - Jean Toutin, French enamel worker, one of the first artists to make enamel portrait miniatures (born 1578)
• July 16 – Giovanni Biliverti, Italian Mannerist painter (born 1585)
• August 2 – Bernardo Strozzi, Italian painter (born 1581)
• November 27 – Francisco Pacheco, Spanish painter and writer on painting (born 1564)
• date unknown
  • Giovanni Maria Bottala, Italian painter (born 1613)
  • Giovanni Battista Calandra, Italian mosaic artist (born 1568)
  • George Jamesone, Scottish portrait painter (born 1587)
  • Ni Yuanlu, Chinese calligrapher and painter during the Ming Dynasty (born 1593)
  • Claudio Ridolfi, Italian painter (born 1560)
  • Bernard van Linge, Dutch glass and enamel painter (born 1598)
  • Cui Zizhong, Chinese painter during the Ming Dynasty (born unknown)

References