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

Works

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)