1625 in art

Events from the year 1625 in art.

Events

• Abraham van der Doort becomes the first Surveyor of the King's Pictures to Charles I of England.

Works

• Gian Lorenzo Bernini – Apollo and Daphne (marble)
• Artemisia Gentileschi – Judith and Her Maidservant (Detroit Institute of Arts)
• Gerard van Honthorst
  • The Matchmaker
  • Smiling Girl, a Courtesan, Holding an Obscene Image
• Pieter Lastman – The Angel and Tobias with the Fish
• Rembrandt
  • The Senses (series)
  • The Stoning of Saint Stephen
• Jacopo Vignali – Cyparissus (approximate date)

Births

• May 13 – Carlo Maratta, Italian painter (died 1713)
• November 20 – Paulus Potter, Dutch painter specializing in animals in landscapes (died 1654)
• date unknown
  • Antonio Busca, Italian painter active in Lombardy (died 1686)
  • Pietro Bellotti, Italian painter (died 1700)
  • Antonio Castrejon, Spanish painter (died 1690)
  • Federico Cervelli, Italian painter, born in Milan (died 1700)
  • Domenico Guidi, Italian sculptor (died 1701)
  • Abraham Hondius, Dutch Baroque painter known for animal paintings (died 1691)
  • Giovan Battista Langetti, Italian painter (died 1676)
  • Cosimo Ulivelli, Italian who painted frescoes for the Santissima Annunziata church (died 1704)
• probable
  • Hendrick Danckerts, Dutch painter and engraver (died 1680)
  • Charles Philippe Dieussart, Dutch architect and sculptor (died 1696)
  • Willem de Heusch, Dutch landscape painter (died 1692)
  • Justus de Verwer, Dutch painter and illustrator (died 1689)

Deaths

• January 13 – Jan Brueghel the Elder, Flemish painter (born 1568)
• April 23 - Juan de las Roelas, Spanish painter (born 1558)
• November 16 - Sofonisba Anguissola, Italian painter (born 1532)
• date unknown
  • Guglielmo Caccia, Italian painter specialising in altar-pieces (born 1568)
  • Bartolomeo Cavarozzi, Italian caravaggisti painter of the Baroque period active in Spain (born 1590)
  • Felipe de Liaño, Spanish painter
  • Renold Elstracke, one of the earliest native engravers in England (born 1570)
  • Antonio Mohedano, Spanish painter (born 1561)
  • Giulio Cesare Procaccini, Italian painter and sculptor of Milan (born 1574)
  • Hans Rottenhammer, German painter (born 1564)
  • Tommaso Salini, Italian painter of still life (born 1575)
  • Pieter de Valck, Dutch Golden Age painter (born 1584)