1645 in art
# 1645 in art

Events from the year 1645 in art.

## Events

* (unknown)

## Works

### Paintings

* Claude Lorrain - Landscape with Apollo and Mercury
* William Dobson - The Painter with Sir Charles Cottrell and another (approx. date)
* Rembrandt
   * Girl at a Window
   * Holy Family
   * Portrait of an Old Man
   * Self-portrait
* Salvator Rosa - Philosophy (approx. date)
* Diego Velázquez - Portrait of Sebastián de Morra (approx. date)

### Sculpture

* Gianlorenzo Bernini - Truth Unveiled by Time

## Births

* January 11 - Matthias Rauchmiller, German sculptor active in Vienna (died 1686)
* August 30 - Giuseppe Avanzi, Italian painter of the Baroque period (died 1718)
* September - Romeyn de Hooghe, Dutch Baroque engraver and caricaturist (died 1708)
* September 14 - Jeremiah Dummer, American silversmith and portrait painter (died 1718)
* October 26 - Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter in the tradition of Rembrandt's late style (died 1727)
* December 6 – Maria de Dominici, Maltese sculptor and painter (died 1703)
* date unknown
   * Giovanni Antonio Fumiani, Italian painter of the Baroque period (died 1710)
   * François de Troy, French painter, father of Jean-François de Troy (died 1730)
   * Carlo Girolamo Bersotti, Italy painter of the Baroque period, specialized in painting still lifes (died unknown)
   * Sebastiano Taricco, Italian painter of the Baroque period (died 1710)
   * Jean-Baptiste Théodon, French sculptor (died 1713)
* probable
   * Giulio Giacinto Avellino, Italian painter (died 1700)
   * Urbano Romanelli, Italian painter in Rome and in churches at Velletri (died 1682)
   * Andrea Lanzani, Italian painter for the Habsburg court (died 1712)

## Deaths

* April 11 - Ferraù Fenzoni, Italian painter active in Todi
* April 14 - Shi Kefa, Chinese government official and calligrapher (born 1601)
* May - Ambrosius Bosschaert II, Dutch flower painter (born 1609)
* July 12 - Luciano Borzone, Italian painter of the Baroque period with an antique style (born 1590)
* September - Julius Porcellis, Dutch marine artist (born c.1610)
* December 12 - Giovanni Bernardino Azzolini or Mazzolini or Asoleni, Italian painter (born 1572)
* date unknown
   * Juan Alfonso Abril, Spanish painter active mainly in his native Valladolid (born unknown)
   * Christoffel van den Berghe, Dutch painter (born 1590)
   * Hans Gillisz. Bollongier, Dutch still life painter (born 1600)
   * Paolo Domenico Finoglia, Italian painter (born 1590)
   * Sebastiano Ghezzi, Italian painter and architect (born 1580)
   * Jacob van der Heyden, Flemish Baroque painter, sculptor and engraver (born 1573)
   * Francisco Varela, Spanish Baroque painter (born 1580)
   * Wen Zhenheng, Chinese Ming dynasty scholar, painter, and landscape garden designer (born 1585)
