Editing 1654 in art

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Events from the year '''1654 in art'''.

[[Image:Fabritius-vink.jpg|thumb|200px|right| ''[[The Goldfinch (painting)|The Goldfinch]]'' by [[Carel Fabritius]], 1654.]]

[[File:Carel Fabritius - A Young Man in a Fur Cap and a Cuirass (probably a Self Portrait) - National Gallery, London - 1654 (2).jpg|thumb|200px|right| ''[[Young Man in a Fur Cap]]'', self-portrait of [[Carel Fabritius]], not long before his death in the [[Delft Explosion]].]]

==Events==
*[[October 12]] – 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]]'', ''[[:File:Willem Drost - Portrait of an Officer in a Red Beret - 1654.jpg|Portrait of an Officer in a Red Beret]]'' and (at about this date) ''[https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/dutch-portrait-of-a-young-woman Portrait of a Young Woman with her Hands Folded on a Book]'' and ''[[:File:Willem Drost - Young Woman in a Brocade Gown.jpg|Portrait of a Young Woman in a Brocade Gown]]''.
* [[Carel Fabritius]] paints his ''[[Young Man in a Fur Cap]]'', ''[[The Sentry (painting)|The Sentry]]'', and ''[[The Goldfinch (painting)|The Goldfinch]]'', showing use of lighting effects with a bright background.
* [[Rembrandt]] completes ''[[Bathsheba at Her Bath]]'' and ''[[:File:Rembrandt baadster.jpg|Woman Bathing in a Stream]]'' (both featuring his mistress Hendrickje) and paints his [[Portrait of Jan Six]].
* [[Bartholomeus van der Helst]] paints ''[http://www.wallacecollection.org/whatson/treasure/27 The Van Aras Family]''.
* [[Guercino]] paints ''[[Samson and Delilah (Guercino)|Samson and Delilah]]''.
* [[Philips Koninck]] paints ''[[The Feast of Bacchus (Koninck)|The Feast of Bacchus]]''.

==Births==
*[[February 19]] – [[Antonio Bellucci]] (or Antonijus Belutis), [[Italians|Italian]] [[Painting|painter]] from [[Treviso]] (died [[1726 in art|1726]])
*[[February 24]] – [[Bartolomeo Altomonte]], Italian painter (died [[1783 in art|1783]])
*[[March 10]] – [[Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari]], Italian painter of [[fresco]]es (died [[1727 in art|1727]])
*[[November 2]] – [[Giuseppe Passeri]], Italian painter active in his native city of [[Rome]] (died [[1714 in art|1714]])
*[[November 23]] – [[Jan van Kessel the Younger]], Flemish-Spanish painter (died [[1708 in art|1708]])
*[[December 10]] – [[Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole]], Italian landscape painter and engraver from [[Bologna]] (died [[1719 in art|1719]])
*''date unknown''
**[[Bartolomeo Guidobono]], Italian painter active mainly in Northern Italy (died [[1709 in art|1709]])
**[[Francisco Leonardoni]], Italian painter active mainly in Spain (died [[1711 in art|1711]])
**[[Giacomo del Pò]], Italian painter of emblematical and [[allegorical]] subjects (died [[1726 in art|1726]])
**[[Giacomo Antonio Ponsonelli]], Italian Rococo sculptor (died [[1735 in art|1735]])
**[[Michelangelo Ricciolino]], Italian church painter of the [[Baroque]] period (died [[1715 in art|1715]])
*''probable'' – [[Herman Moll]], engraver active in England (died [[1732 in art|1732]])

==Deaths==
*[[January 17]] – [[Paulus Potter]], [[Dutch Republic|Dutch]] painter specializing in animals in landscapes (born [[1625 in art|1625]])
*[[January 23]] – [[Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert]], painter (born [[1613 in art|1613]])
*[[February 8]] – [[Luca Ferrari]], Italian painter (born [[1605 in art|1605]])
*[[April 5]] – [[Lorenzo Garbieri]], Italian painter (born [[1580 in art|1580]])
*[[June 10]] – [[Alessandro Algardi]], Italian sculptor active mainly in Rome (born [[1598 in art|1598]])
*[[October 12]] – [[Carel Fabritius]], Dutch painter (born [[1622 in art|1622]])
*[[December 1]] – [[Giacomo Apollonio]], Italian painter (born [[1584 in art|1584]])
*''date unknown''
**[[Baccio Ciarpi]], Italian painter (born [[1574 in art|1574]])
**[[Nicolaes de Giselaer]], Dutch painter and draughtsman (born [[1583 in art|1583]])

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