1645 in art

Events from the year 1645 in art.



Events

 * (unknown)

Paintings

 * Claude Lorrain - Landscape with Apollo and Mercury
 * William Dobson - The Painter with Sir Charles Cottrell and another (approx. date)
 * Rembrandt
 * Girl at a Window
 * Holy Family
 * Portrait of an Old Man
 * Self-portrait
 * Salvator Rosa - Philosophy (approx. date)
 * Diego Velázquez - Portrait of Sebastián de Morra (approx. date)

Sculpture

 * Gianlorenzo Bernini - Truth Unveiled by Time

Births

 * January 11 - Matthias Rauchmiller, German sculptor active in Vienna (died 1686)
 * August 30 - Giuseppe Avanzi, Italian painter of the Baroque period (died 1718)
 * September - Romeyn de Hooghe, Dutch Baroque engraver and caricaturist (died 1708)
 * September 14 - Jeremiah Dummer, American silversmith and portrait painter (died 1718)
 * October 26 - Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter in the tradition of Rembrandt's late style (died 1727)
 * December 6 – Maria de Dominici, Maltese sculptor and painter (died 1703)
 * date unknown
 * Giovanni Antonio Fumiani, Italian painter of the Baroque period (died 1710)
 * François de Troy, French painter, father of Jean-François de Troy (died 1730)
 * Carlo Girolamo Bersotti, Italy painter of the Baroque period, specialized in painting still lifes (died unknown)
 * Sebastiano Taricco, Italian painter of the Baroque period (died 1710)
 * Jean-Baptiste Théodon, French sculptor (died 1713)
 * probable
 * Giulio Giacinto Avellino, Italian painter (died 1700)
 * Urbano Romanelli, Italian painter in Rome and in churches at Velletri (died 1682)
 * Andrea Lanzani, Italian painter for the Habsburg court (died 1712)

Deaths

 * April 11 - Ferraù Fenzoni, Italian painter active in Todi
 * April 14 - Shi Kefa, Chinese government official and calligrapher (born 1601)
 * May - Ambrosius Bosschaert II, Dutch flower painter (born 1609)
 * July 12 - Luciano Borzone, Italian painter of the Baroque period with an antique style (born 1590)
 * September - Julius Porcellis, Dutch marine artist (born c.1610)
 * December 12 - Giovanni Bernardino Azzolini or Mazzolini or Asoleni, Italian painter (born 1572)
 * date unknown
 * Juan Alfonso Abril, Spanish painter active mainly in his native Valladolid (born unknown)
 * Christoffel van den Berghe, Dutch painter (born 1590)
 * Hans Gillisz. Bollongier, Dutch still life painter (born 1600)
 * Paolo Domenico Finoglia, Italian painter (born 1590)
 * Sebastiano Ghezzi, Italian painter and architect (born 1580)
 * Jacob van der Heyden, Flemish Baroque painter, sculptor and engraver (born 1573)
 * Francisco Varela, Spanish Baroque painter (born 1580)
 * Wen Zhenheng, Chinese Ming dynasty scholar, painter, and landscape garden designer (born 1585)