1653 in art

Events from the year 1653 in art.

Events

 * Architect and painter Lambert van Haven begins a 16-year period of travelling in Europe.
 * Construction of the Taj Mahal mausoleum at Agra in India is completed, probably to a design by Ustad Ahmad Lahauri, together with the Moti Masjid (Pearl Mosque) in Agra Fort.

Paintings

 * Guercino - The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine
 * Claude Lorrain - The Adoration of the Golden Calf
 * Nicolaes Maes - Abraham Dismissing Hagar and Ishmael
 * Rembrandt van Rijn - Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer
 * Diego Velázquez
 * Portrait of the Infanta Maria Theresa of Spain
 * Portrait of Mariana of Austria (original version, Museo del Prado, 1652–53)
 * Jan van Kessel - series of insects and fruit

Sculpture

 * Alessandro Algardi - Fuga d'Attila relief (St. Peter's Basilica, Rome)

Births

 * January - Nicolas Fouché, French painter (died 1733)
 * January 23 - Giovanni Girolamo Bonesi, Italian painter (died 1725)
 * February 1 - Felix Meyer, Swiss painter and engraver (died 1713)
 * May 13 - Giuseppe Maria Mazza, Bolognese Rococo sculptor (died 1741)
 * October 20 - Charles-François Poerson, French painter (died 1725)
 * December 21 - Tommaso Aldrovandini, Italian painter (died 1736)
 * date unknown
 * Sébastien Barras, French painter and engraver (died 1703)
 * Carel de Vogelaer, Dutch still life painter (died 1695)
 * Jacques-Philippe Ferrand, French miniaturist and painter in enamel (died 1732)
 * Marcellus Laroon, Dutch painter and engraver, active in England (died 1702)
 * Angelo Massarotti, Italian painter active in his native Cremona (died 1723)
 * Kanō Tanshin, Japanese painter (died 1718)
 * Sante Vandi, Italian portrait painter (died 1716)
 * probable
 * Bonaventura Lamberti, Italian painter, active mainly in Rome (died 1721)
 * Gaspar van Wittel, Dutch landscape painter (died 1736)

Deaths

 * March - Simon de Vlieger, Dutch painter (b. 1601)
 * August 16 - Giuliano Finelli, Italian sculptor (b. 1601)
 * August 24 - Henry Stone, English painter (b. 1616)
 * August 29 - Gijsbert d'Hondecoeter, Dutch landscape and animal painter (b. 1604)
 * October 16 - Jan Wildens, Flemish Baroque painter and draughtsman specializing in landscapes (b. 1595/1596)
 * October 22 - Thomas de Critz, English painter (b. 1607)
 * date unknown
 * Antoon Faydherbe, Dutch sculptor (date of birth unknown)
 * Aletta Hanemans, model for Frans Hals (b. 1606)
 * probable
 * (d. 1653/1665) - Astolfo Petrazzi, Italian painter, active mainly in his native Siena (b. 1583)
 * (d. 1653/1656) - Nicolaes Pickenoy, Dutch painter of Flemish origin (b. 1588)