1647 in art
# 1647 in art

Events from the year 1647 in art.

## Events

* Gianlorenzo Bernini begins work on his Memorial to Maria Raggi.

## Works

### Paintings

* Guercino –
   * Persian Sibyl
   * Christ Crowned with Thorns
* Peter Lely – Portraits of:
   * James, Duke of York, Princess Elizabeth and Henry, Duke of Gloucester
   * Edward Massie
* Jan van Goyen – Landscape with Dunes
* Paulus Potter – The Bull

### Other

* Francesco Grue - Altarpiece at the church of San Donato, Castelli, Abruzzo

## Births

* April 18 - Elias Brenner, Swedish painter and archeologist (died 1717)
* November - Jan van Huchtenburg, Dutch painter (died 1733)
* date unknown
   * Jan Baptist Brueghel, Flemish Baroque flower painter (died 1719)
   * Andrea López Caballero, Spanish painter (died unknown)
   * Angelo Everardi, Italian painter of battle scenes (died 1680)
   * Jan Jiří Heinsch, Czech-German painter of the Baroque style (died 1712)
   * Philippe Magnier, French sculptor (died 1715)
   * Francis Place, English gentleman draughtsman, potter, engraver and printmaker (died 1728)
* probable
   * Gregorio De Ferrari, Italian painter of the Genoese school (died 1726)
   * Pieter Xavery, Flemish sculptor (died 1674)
   * Yu Zhiding, Chinese landscape painter during the Qing Dynasty (died 1709)

## Deaths

* May 6 - Simon de Passe, Dutch royal engraver and designer of medals (born 1595/1596)
* May 19 - Sebastian Vrancx, Flemish Baroque painter and etcher of the Antwerp school (born 1573)
* May/June - Pieter Quast, Dutch painter (born 1606)
* August 24 - Nicholas Stone, English sculptor and architect (born 1586)
* August 27 - Pietro Novelli, Italian painter, architect and stage set designer (born 1603)
* November 30 – Giovanni Lanfranco, Italian painter (born 1582)
* date unknown
   * Pietro Desani, Italian painter (born 1595)
   * Zeng Jing, Chinese painter during the Ming Dynasty (born 1564)
   * Bartolomé Román, Spanish Baroque painter known for his series of archangels (born 1587)
* probable
   * Sisto Badalocchio, Italian painter and engraver of the Bolognese School (born 1585)
   * Daniël Mijtens, Dutch portrait painter (born 1590)
