1655 in art

Events from the year 1655 in art.

Paintings

 * Nicolaes Maes
 * Eavesdropper with a Scolding Woman
 * The Idle Servant (National Gallery, London)
 * The Lacemaker (National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa)
 * A Woman Spinning (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
 * A Young Woman Sewing (Guildhall Art Gallery, City of London)
 * Nicolas Poussin - St. Peter Healing a Sick Man
 * Rembrandt
 * (attributed) - The Polish Rider
 * Christ Presented to the People (Ecce Homo) (drypoint)
 * Bartholomeus van der Helst - Self-portrait
 * Diego Velázquez - Infanta Maria Margareta
 * Vermeer - Christ in the House of Martha and Mary

Births

 * January 21 - Antonio Molinari, Venetian painter of mythology and religious figures (died 1704)
 * February 25 - Carel de Moor, Dutch etcher and painter (died 1738)
 * March 4 - Fra Galgario (Giuseppe Ghislandi), Bergamese painter, mainly of portraits during the Rococo epoch (died 1743)
 * June 11 - Antonio Cifrondi, Italian painter of genre works (died 1730)
 * November 16 - Alessandro Gherardini, Italian painter, active mainly in Florence (died 1723)
 * date unknown
 * Marie Courtois, French miniature painter (died 1703)
 * Englebert Fisen, Flemish painter (died 1733)
 * Johann Ulrich Kraus, German illustrator, engraver and publisher (died 1719)
 * Antonio Lorenzini, Italian painter and engraver (died 1740)
 * Giacomo Pavia, Italian painter, active mainly in his native Bologna (died 1740)
 * Jacques Prou, French Academic sculptor (died 1706)
 * Anthoni Schoonjans, Belgian painter (died 1726)
 * Sébastien Slodtz, French sculptor (died 1726)
 * Filippo Tancredi, Italian painter of church frescoes (died 1722)
 * David von Krafft, German-Swedish painter, nephew of David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl and his successor at the Swedish Royal Court (died 1725)

Deaths

 * April 30 - Eustache Le Sueur or Lesueur, French painter (born 1617)
 * date unknown
 * Hendrick Andriessen, Flemish still-life painter (born 1607)
 * Abraham de Vries, Dutch painter (born 1590)
 * Giovanni Andrea Donducci (Mastelletta), Italian painter of the Bolognese School (painting) (born 1575)
 * Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri, Italian painter and Caravaggisti (born 1589)
 * Giovanni Battista Michelini, Italian painter of religious and mythological subjects (born 1604)
 * Claes Corneliszoon Moeyaert, Catholic Dutch painter (born 1592)
 * Abraham van den Hecken, Dutch painter of genre pieces, religious and historical scenes, portraits and still lifes (born 1615)
 * Floris van Schooten, Dutch painter (born 1590)
 * Herman van Swanevelt, Dutch painter (born 1604)
 * Yi Sam-pyeong, father of Imari porcelain