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.

Taj Mahal completed

Paintings

• 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
• Jan van Kessel - series of insects and fruit

Births

• 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)
• date unknown
  • Tommaso Aldrovandini, Italian painter (died 1736)
  • Isidoro Arredondo, Spanish painter (died 1702)
  • Sébastien Barras, French painter and engraver (died 1703)
  • Giovanni Girolamo Bonesi, Italian painter (died 1725)
  • Giovanni Battista Cimaroli, Italian painter of landscapes (died 1714)
  • Carel de Vogelaer, Dutch still life painter (died 1695)
  • Jacques-Philippe Ferrand, French miniaturist and painter in enamel (died 1732)
  • Nicolas Fouché, French painter (died 1733)
  • Marcellus Laroon, Dutch painter and engraver, active in England (died 1702)
  • Angelo Massarotti, Italian painter active in his native Cremona (died 1723)
  • Antonio Palomino, Spanish painter, writer on art theory, and biographer of artists (died 1726)
  • Kanō Tanshin, Japanese painter (died 1718)
  • Sante Vandi, Italian portrait painter (died 1716)
  • Gaspar van Wittel, Dutch landscape painter (died 1736)
• probable - Bonaventura Lamberti, Italian painter, active mainly in Rome (died 1721)

Deaths

• March - Simon de Vlieger, painter (b. 1601)
• August 24 - Henry Stone, English painter (b. 1616)
• August 29 - Gijsbert d'Hondecoeter, 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, painter (b. 1607)
• date unknown
  • Paolo Biancucci, Italian painter primarily of religious scenes (b. 1583)
  • Angelo Caroselli, Italian painter (b. 1585)
  • Francesco Fanelli, Italian sculptor (b. c.1590)
  • Giuliano Finelli, Italian sculptor (b. 1601)
• probable
  • Nicolaes Eliaszoon Pickenoy, Dutch painter of Flemish origin (b. 1588)
  • (d. 1653/1665): Astolfo Petrazzi, Italian painter, active mainly in his native Siena (b. 1583)