1651 in art
# 1651 in art

Events from the year 1651 in art.

## Events

* Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi or "Fountain of the Four Rivers" completed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

## Paintings

* David Bailly – Self-portrait with Vanitas symbols (approximate date)
* Guercino - The Libyan Sibyl
* Jacob Jordaens – The Triumph of Frederik Hendrik
* Nicolas Poussin
   * The Finding of Moses
   * The Holy Family
* Salvator Rosa – Democritus amid the Tombs
* David Teniers the Younger – Erzherzog Leopold Wilhelm in seiner Galerie in Brüssel ("Archduke Leopold William in his Gallery at Brussels")
* Diego Velázquez – The Rokeby Venus (c.1647-1651)

## Births

* August 13 - Balthasar Permoser, Austrian sculptor (died 1732)
* date unknown
   * Niccolò Bambini, Italian painter of the late-Renaissance and early-Baroque periods (died 1736)
   * Teresa Maria Languasco, Italian painter and monk (died 1698)
   * Willem van Ingen, Dutch Golden Age painter active in Italy (died 1708)
   * François-Alexandre Verdier, French painter, draftsman and engraver (died 1730)

## Deaths

* January - Jacob Franquart, Flemish painter, court architect and copper plate engraver (born 1582)
* January 27 - Abraham Bloemaert, painter (born 1566)
* May 9 - Cornelis de Vos, Flemish painter (born 1584)
* August 16 - Henricus Hondius II, Dutch engraver, cartographer and publisher (born 1597)
* August 27 – Jacob Adriaensz Backer, Dutch painter (born 1609)
* September 12 - Felix Castello, Spanish painter (born 1595)
* November 22 - Giovanni Battista Soria, Italian architect (born 1581)
* December 6 - Anna Visscher, Dutch artist, poet, and translator (born 1584)
* date unknown
   * Friedrich Brentel, German printmaker in engraving and etching, and miniature painter (born 1580)
   * Giovanni Domenico Cappellino Italian painter, active mainly in his native Genoa (born 1580)
   * Dirck Cornelis de Hooch, Dutch portrait painter (born 1613)
   * Panfilo Nuvolone, Italian Mannerist painter (born 1581)
   * Kanō Sansetsu, Japanese painter (born 1589)
   * John Taylor, portrait painter (born 1585)
   * Jan van den Hoecke, Antwerp painter and draftsman (born 1611)
   * Floris van Dyck, Dutch still life painter (born 1575)
   * Joris van Schooten, Dutch Golden Age painter (born 1587)
* probable - Francesco Guarino, Italian painter active mainly in Irpinia (born 1611)
