1665 in art

Events from the year 1665 in art.

Events

 * April – Gian Lorenzo Bernini arrives in Paris, where he remains until November, fêted by the population.
 * Claude Perrault begins work on the eastern wing of the Louvre.

Works

 * Gabriël Metsu
 * Lady Reading a Letter (1662–65; National Gallery of Ireland)
 * Man Writing a Letter (1662–65; National Gallery of Ireland)
 * Murillo – The Dolorosa Madonna
 * Jacob Ochtervelt – Street Musicians at the Door
 * Rembrandt – David and Uriah
 * Jan Vermeer
 * A Lady Writing a Letter (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.)
 * Woman with a Pearl Necklace

Births

 * March 14 - Giuseppe Crespi, Italian late Baroque painter of the Bolognese School (died 1747)
 * March 21 - José Benito de Churriguera, Spanish architect and sculptor (died 1725)
 * May 7 - Maurelio Scanavini, Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Ferrara (died 1698)
 * date unknown
 * Claude Duflos, French engraver (died 1727)
 * Jean-Louis Lemoyne, French sculptor (died 1755)
 * Francesco Penso, Venetian sculptor (died 1737)
 * Tommaso Redi Italian painter, active in his native Florence (died 1726)
 * Norbert Roettiers, Flemish engraver (died 1727)
 * Giovanni Enrico Vaymer, Italian portrait painter (died 1738)

Deaths

 * January 16 - Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy, painter (born 1611)
 * May - Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, painter (born 1597)
 * July 3 - Francesco Costanzo Cattaneo, Italian painter (born 1602)
 * July 14 - Aniello Falcone, Italian Baroque painter noted for his painted depictions of battle scenes (born 1600)
 * July 27 - Francesco Cairo, Italian painter active in Lombardy and Piedmont (born 1607)
 * August 25 - Elisabetta Sirani, Italian painter (born 1638)
 * November 19 – Nicolas Poussin, painter (born 1594)
 * December 19 - Gerard van Zyl, Dutch Golden Age painter of portraits and genre scenes (born 1607)
 * date unknown
 * Antonio Bacci, Italian still life painter (born 1600)
 * Albert Eckhout – Dutch portrait and still life painter (born 1610)
 * Jan Sadeler II, Flemish engraver of the Sadeler family (born 1588)
 * Thomas Simon, English medalist (born c.1623)
 * Friedrich van Hulsen, Dutch printmaker and engraver (born 1580)