1623 in art

Events from the year 1623 in art.

Events

 * The Raphael Cartoons are bought from a Genoese collection by agents for the future King Charles I of England (at this time Prince of Wales).

Works

 * Gian Lorenzo Bernini – Self-portrait (approximate date)
 * Martin Droeshout – Engraved portrait for the 'First Folio' of William Shakespeare's plays
 * Orazio Gentileschi – The Annunciation (Sabauda Gallery)
 * Guercino – The Burial of St. Petronilla
 * Dirck Hals – Musicians
 * Daniël Mijtens – James Hamilton, Earl of Arran (age 17)
 * Peter Paul Rubens – Self-portrait (British Royal Collection, Windsor Castle)
 * Dirck van Baburen (some dates approximate)
 * Cimon and Pero (Roman Charity)
 * Concert
 * Crowning With Thorns (2 versions)
 * Loose Company
 * Prometheus Being Chained by Vulcan
 * Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene
 * Anthony van Dyck –
 * Portrait of the Lomellini family
 * Self Portrait (approximate date)
 * Gerard van Honthorst
 * Merry Company
 * The Prodigal Son
 * The Steadfast Philosopher
 * Diego Velázquez
 * Portrait of Philip IV in Armour
 * The Investiture Of St Ildefonso With The Chasuble

Births

 * May 30 - Wallerant Vaillant, Flemish Baroque painter and mezzotint engraver (died 1677)
 * August 25 - Filippo Lauri, Italian painter, Principe (director) of the Accademia di San Luca (died 1694)
 * date unknown
 * Jürgen Ovens, Danish or German Baroque painter and engraver (died 1678)
 * Francesco Barbieri, Italian Baroque painter (died 1698)
 * Giovanni Battista Caccioli Italian figure painter in quadratura (died 1675)
 * Francisco de Palacios, Spanish Baroque painter (died 1652)
 * Francesco di Maria, Italian painter active mainly in Naples (died 1690)
 * Pieter Janssens Elinga, Dutch painter (died 1682)
 * Giovanni Ghisolfi, Italian painter of veduta and capricci, mainly landscapes (died 1683)
 * Giacomo Lauri, Italian engraver (died 1694)
 * probable
 * Thomas Simon, English medallist (died 1665)
 * Mei Qing, Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher and poet during the Qing dynasty (died 1697)
 * Reinier Nooms, Dutch marine painter and etcher (died c. 1664)

Deaths

 * January 11 - Pieter van Mierevelt, Dutch Golden Age painter (born 1596)
 * December - Rodrigo de Villandrando, court painter during the reign of Philip III of Spain (born unknown)
 * date unknown
 * Andrea Andreani, Italian wood engraver and early exponent of chiaroscuro (born 1540)
 * Francesco Brizio, Italian painter and engraver of the Bolognese School (born 1574)
 * Agostino Bugiardini, Italian sculptor (date of birth unknown)
 * Johann Theodor de Bry, Flemish painter and engraver (born 1561)
 * Domenico Fetti, Italian painter (born 1589)
 * Jacob van Musscher, Dutch Golden Age painter (born 1580)