1655 in art

Overview of the events of 1655 in art

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Events from the year 1655 in art.

## Paintings

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Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (Vermeer)

* 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

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* 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

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* 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