1623 in art
# 1623 in art

Events from the year 1623 in art.

## Events

* The Raphael Cartoons are bought from a Genoese collection by agents for the future King Charles I of England (at this time Prince of Wales).

## Works

* Gian Lorenzo Bernini – Self-portrait (approximate date)
* Martin Droeshout – Engraved portrait for the 'First Folio' of William Shakespeare's plays
* Orazio Gentileschi – The Annunciation (Sabauda Gallery)
* Guercino – The Burial of St. Petronilla
* Dirck Hals – Musicians
* Daniël Mijtens – James Hamilton, Earl of Arran (age 17)
* Peter Paul Rubens – Self-portrait (British Royal Collection, Windsor Castle)
* Dirck van Baburen (some dates approximate)
   * Cimon and Pero (Roman Charity)
   * Concert
   * Crowning With Thorns (2 versions)
   * Loose Company
   * Prometheus Being Chained by Vulcan
   * Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene
* Anthony van Dyck –
   * Portrait of the Lomellini family
   * Self Portrait (approximate date)
* Gerard van Honthorst
   * Merry Company
   * The Prodigal Son
   * The Steadfast Philosopher
* Diego Velázquez
   * Portrait of Philip IV in Armour
   * The Investiture Of St Ildefonso With The Chasuble

## Births

* May 30 - Wallerant Vaillant, Flemish Baroque painter and mezzotint engraver (died 1677)
* August 25 - Filippo Lauri, Italian painter, Principe (director) of the Accademia di San Luca (died 1694)
* date unknown
   * Jürgen Ovens, Danish or German Baroque painter and engraver (died 1678)
   * Francesco Barbieri, Italian Baroque painter (died 1698)
   * Giovanni Battista Caccioli Italian figure painter in quadratura (died 1675)
   * Francisco de Palacios, Spanish Baroque painter (died 1652)
   * Francesco di Maria, Italian painter active mainly in Naples (died 1690)
   * Pieter Janssens Elinga, Dutch painter (died 1682)
   * Giovanni Ghisolfi, Italian painter of veduta and capricci, mainly landscapes (died 1683)
   * Giacomo Lauri, Italian engraver (died 1694)
* probable
   * Thomas Simon, English medallist (died 1665)
   * Mei Qing, Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher and poet during the Qing dynasty (died 1697)
   * Reinier Nooms, Dutch marine painter and etcher (died c. 1664)

## Deaths

* January 11 - Pieter van Mierevelt, Dutch Golden Age painter (born 1596)
* December - Rodrigo de Villandrando, court painter during the reign of Philip III of Spain (born unknown)
* date unknown
   * Andrea Andreani, Italian wood engraver and early exponent of chiaroscuro (born 1540)
   * Francesco Brizio, Italian painter and engraver of the Bolognese School (born 1574)
   * Agostino Bugiardini, Italian sculptor (date of birth unknown)
   * Johann Theodor de Bry, Flemish painter and engraver (born 1561)
   * Domenico Fetti, Italian painter (born 1589)
   * Jacob van Musscher, Dutch Golden Age painter (born 1580)
