1653 in art
# 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.

## 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)
