1647 in art

Events from the year 1647 in art.

Events

 * Gianlorenzo Bernini begins work on his Memorial to Maria Raggi.

Paintings



 * Guercino –
 * Persian Sibyl
 * Christ Crowned with Thorns
 * Peter Lely – Portraits of:
 * James, Duke of York, Princess Elizabeth and Henry, Duke of Gloucester
 * Edward Massie
 * Jan van Goyen – Landscape with Dunes
 * Paulus Potter – The Bull

Other

 * Francesco Grue - Altarpiece at the church of San Donato, Castelli, Abruzzo

Births

 * April 18 - Elias Brenner, Swedish painter and archeologist (died 1717)
 * November - Jan van Huchtenburg, Dutch painter (died 1733)
 * date unknown
 * Jan Baptist Brueghel, Flemish Baroque flower painter (died 1719)
 * Andrea López Caballero, Spanish painter (died unknown)
 * Angelo Everardi, Italian painter of battle scenes (died 1680)
 * Jan Jiří Heinsch, Czech-German painter of the Baroque style (died 1712)
 * Philippe Magnier, French sculptor (died 1715)
 * Francis Place, English gentleman draughtsman, potter, engraver and printmaker (died 1728)
 * probable
 * Gregorio De Ferrari, Italian painter of the Genoese school (died 1726)
 * Pieter Xavery, Flemish sculptor (died 1674)
 * Yu Zhiding, Chinese landscape painter during the Qing Dynasty (died 1709)

Deaths

 * May 6 - Simon de Passe, Dutch royal engraver and designer of medals (born 1595/1596)
 * May 19 - Sebastian Vrancx, Flemish Baroque painter and etcher of the Antwerp school (born 1573)
 * May/June - Pieter Quast, Dutch painter (born 1606)
 * August 24 - Nicholas Stone, English sculptor and architect (born 1586)
 * August 27 - Pietro Novelli, Italian painter, architect and stage set designer (born 1603)
 * November 30 – Giovanni Lanfranco, Italian painter (born 1582)
 * date unknown
 * Pietro Desani, Italian painter (born 1595)
 * Zeng Jing, Chinese painter during the Ming Dynasty (born 1564)
 * Bartolomé Román, Spanish Baroque painter known for his series of archangels (born 1587)
 * probable
 * Sisto Badalocchio, Italian painter and engraver of the Bolognese School (born 1585)
 * Daniël Mijtens, Dutch portrait painter (born 1590)