1654 in art
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Events from the year 1654 in art.


Events
- October 12 â The Delft Explosion destroys the city of Delft, killing painter Carel Fabritius and destroying his home, studio and most of his paintings: only five are known to exist. Egbert van der Poel produces paintings of the explosion.
Paintings
- Willem Drost paints Bathsheba with King David's Letter, Portrait of an Officer in a Red Beret and (at about this date) Portrait of a Young Woman with her Hands Folded on a Book and Portrait of a Young Woman in a Brocade Gown.
- Carel Fabritius paints his Young Man in a Fur Cap,[1] The Sentry, and The Goldfinch, showing use of lighting effects with a bright background.
- Rembrandt completes Bathsheba at Her Bath and Woman Bathing in a Stream (both featuring his mistress Hendrickje) and paints his Portrait of Jan Six.
- Bartholomeus van der Helst paints The Van Aras Family.
- Guercino paints Samson and Delilah.
- Philips Koninck paints The Feast of Bacchus.
Births
- February 19 â Antonio Bellucci (or Antonijus Belutis), Italian painter from Treviso (died 1726)
- February 24 â Bartolomeo Altomonte, Italian painter (died 1783)
- March 10 â Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari, Italian painter of frescoes (died 1727)
- November 2 â Giuseppe Passeri, Italian painter active in his native city of Rome (died 1714)
- November 23 â Jan van Kessel the Younger, Flemish-Spanish painter (died 1708)
- December 10 â Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole, Italian landscape painter and engraver from Bologna (died 1719)
- date unknown
- Bartolomeo Guidobono, Italian painter active mainly in Northern Italy (died 1709)
- Francisco Leonardoni, Italian painter active mainly in Spain (died 1711)
- Giacomo del Pò, Italian painter of emblematical and allegorical subjects (died 1726)
- Giacomo Antonio Ponsonelli, Italian Rococo sculptor (died 1735)
- Michelangelo Ricciolino, Italian church painter of the Baroque period (died 1715)
- probable â Herman Moll, engraver active in England (died 1732)
Deaths
- January 17 â Paulus Potter, Dutch painter specializing in animals in landscapes (born 1625)
- January 23 â Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert, painter (born 1613)
- February 8 â Luca Ferrari, Italian painter (born 1605)
- April 5 â Lorenzo Garbieri, Italian painter (born 1580)
- June 10 â Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor active mainly in Rome (born 1598)
- October 12 â Carel Fabritius, Dutch painter (born 1622)
- December 1 â Giacomo Apollonio, Italian painter (born 1584)
- date unknown
- Baccio Ciarpi, Italian painter (born 1574)
- Nicolaes de Giselaer, Dutch painter and draughtsman (born 1583)