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Overview of the events of 1666 in art
Events from the year 1666 in art.
The Art of Painting (Vermeer)
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April 12 –
Pierre Le Gros the Younger, French sculptor, active almost exclusively in
Baroque
Rome (died
1719)
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April 17 –
Johann Michael Feuchtmayer the Elder, German
painter and copper
engraver (died
1713)
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August 12 –
Antonio Balestra,
Italian
Rococo painter (died
1740)
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September 4 –
Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl,
Swedish
Baroque painter of
allegories, portraits and group portraits (died
1729)
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November 17 –
Benedetto Luti, Italian painter of pastel
portraits (died
1724)
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November 28 –
Magnus Berg, Norwegian painter, woodcarver, sculptor and non-fiction writer (died
1739)
- date unknown
The Four Days' Battle, 1–4 June 1666 (
Abraham Storck)
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February 24 –
Nicholas Lanier,
English
composer,
singer,
lutenist,
painter and art collector (born
1588)
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May 13 –
Pier Francesco Mola, Italian painter of
frescoes (born
1612)
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June 29 –
Mateo Cerezo, Spanish painter (born
1637)
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August 26 –
Frans Hals,
Dutch painter (born c.
1580)
- October –
Jan Albertsz Rotius, Dutch portrait painter (born
1624)
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December 8 –
Dancker Danckerts, Dutch engraver and publisher (born
1634)
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December 9 –
Guercino, Italian Baroque painter (born
1591)
- date unknown
- 1666 or 1667 –
Peter Snayers, Flemish battlefield painter (born
1592)