1656 in art

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Events

April 9 - Francesco Trevisani, Italian painter of frescoes (d. 1746)
July 15 - Massimiliano Soldani Benzi, Italian sculptor and medallist (d. 1740)
August 18 – Ferdinando Galli Bibiena, Italian architect/designer/painter and author (d. 1743)
October 10 - Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (d. 1746)
November - Jacob de Heusch, Dutch painter (d. 1701)
December 11 – Johann Michael Rottmayr, Austrian painter (d. 1730)
date unknown
- Maria Oriana Galli-Bibiena, Italian painter (d. 1749)
- Willem Wissing, Dutch portrait artist (d. 1687)
- Simone Brentana, Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Verona (d. 1742)
- Giovanni Antonio Burrini, Bolognese painter of Late-Baroque or Rococo style (d. 1727)
- Sebastiano Galeotti, peripatetic Italian painter of the late-Baroque period (d. 1746)
- Louis de Deyster, Flemish painter of churches and maker of musical instruments (d. 1711)

April 27
- Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter of Utrecht (b. 1592)
- Jan van Goyen, Dutch landscape painter (b. 1596)
May 17 - Dirck Hals, Dutch painter of festivals and ballroom scenes (b. 1591)
August - Salomon Koninck, Dutch painter of genre scenes, portraits and an engraver (b. 1609)

December 20 - David Beck, Dutch portrait painter (b. 1621)
December 28 - Laurent de La Hyre, French painter (b. 1606)
date unknown
- Guido Ubaldo Abbatini, Italian painter (b. 1600)
- Giovanni Giacomo Barbelli, Italian painter, active in Brescia (b. 1604)
- Jacopo Barbello, Italian painter (b. 1590)
- Gregorio Bausá, Spanish painter (b. 1590)
- Remigio Cantagallina, Italian etcher (b. 1582)
- Bernardo Cavallino, Italian painter working in Naples (b. 1616)
- Felix Castello, Spanish painter (b. 1602)
- Francisco Collantes, Spanish painter (b. 1599)
- Francisco Herrera the Elder, Spanish painter and founder of the Seville school for the arts (b. 1576)
probable
- Luigi Miradori, Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Cremona (b. 1600/1610)
- Massimo Stanzione, Italian Caravaggisti painter of frescoes (b. 1586)
- Harmen Steenwijck, Dutch painter of still lifes, notably of fruit (b. 1612)