1648 in art

Events from the year 1648 in art.

Events

 * Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture founded in Paris.
 * Carlo Ridolfi publishes a biography of Titian and other Venetian artists, Le maraviglie dell'Arte ovvero, Le vite degli Illustri Pittori Veneti e dello Stato.

Paintings

 * Claude Lorrain
 * Seaport with The Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba
 * Landscape with Dancing Figures (The Mill)
 * Landscape with Paris and Oenone
 * Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah
 * Peter Lely - Portrait of Charles I of England and the Duke of York
 * Nicolas Poussin
 * The Funeral of Phocion
 * The Holy Family on the Steps
 * Landscape with the Ashes of Phocion 
 * Rembrandt - Supper at Emmus
 * Seven Sacraments, Second series (completed)
 * Rembrandt-Supper at Emmus
 * Gerard ter Borch - The Ratification of the Treaty of Münster, 15 May 1648
 * Bartholomeus van der Helst - Banquet of the Amsterdam Civic Guard in Celebration of the Peace of Münster

Births

 * March 31 - Sebastiaen van Aken, Flemish historical painter (died 1722)
 * April 4 - Grinling Gibbons, English master wood carver (died 1721)
 * May 23 - Johan Teyler, Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver (died 1709)
 * August 22 - Gerard Hoet, Dutch Golden Age painter (died 1733)
 * October 29 - John Verelst, Dutch Golden Age portrait painter (died 1734)
 * date unknown
 * Giovanni Raffaele Badaracco, Italian painter (died 1726)
 * Ambrogio Besozzi, Italian painter (died 1706)
 * Bartolomeo Bimbi, Florentine painter of still lifes (died 1723)
 * Gabriel de la Corte, Spanish painter (died 1694)
 * Marcantonio Franceschini, Italian painter of religious and mythological subjects (died 1729)
 * Jean Mauger, French medallist (died 1712)
 * Johannes Skraastad, woodcarver (died 1700)
 * probable - Paul Strudel, Austrian sculptor, architect, engineer, and painter (died 1708)

Deaths

 * February - Lawrence Hilliard, English miniature painter (born 1582)
 * May 25 - Antioine Le Nain, French painter of the Le Nain family of painters (born 1599)
 * October 15 - Simone Cantarini, Italian painter and etcher of the Bolognese School of painting (born 1612)
 * December - Peter Oliver, English miniaturist (born 1594)
 * December 18 - Hendrick Goudt, Dutch painter (born 1583)
 * date unknown
 * Francisco Agullo, Spanish painter (born unknown)
 * Cesare Bassano, Italian painter and engraver (born 1584)
 * Antonio de Puga, Spanish Baroque painter (born 1602)
 * Zacharias Paulusz, Dutch Golden Age portrait painter (born 1580)
 * Andries Jacobsz Stock, Flemish engraver, printmaker and illustrator (born 1580)
 * Jacob van Geel, Dutch Golden Age painter (born 1585)
 * Diego Vidal de Liendo, Spanish painter (born 1622)