1665 in art
# 1665 in art

Events from the year 1665 in art.

## Events

* April – Gian Lorenzo Bernini arrives in Paris, where he remains until November, fêted by the population.
* Claude Perrault begins work on the eastern wing of the Louvre.

## Works

* Gabriël Metsu
   * Lady Reading a Letter (1662-65; National Gallery of Ireland)
   * Man Writing a Letter (1662-65; National Gallery of Ireland)
* Murillo – The Dolorosa Madonna
* Jacob Ochtervelt – Street Musicians at the Door
* Rembrandt – David and Uriah
* Jan Vermeer
   * A Lady Writing a Letter (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.)
   * Woman with a Pearl Necklace

## Births

* March 14 - Giuseppe Crespi, Italian late Baroque painter of the Bolognese School (died 1747)
* March 21 - José Benito de Churriguera, Spanish architect and sculptor (died 1725)
* May 7 - Maurelio Scanavini, Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Ferrara (died 1698)
* date unknown
   * Claude Duflos, French engraver (died 1727)
   * Jean-Louis Lemoyne, French sculptor (died 1755)
   * Francesco Penso, Venetian sculptor (died 1737)
   * Tommaso Redi Italian painter, active in his native Florence (died 1726)
   * Norbert Roettiers, Flemish engraver (died 1727)
   * Giovanni Enrico Vaymer, Italian portrait painter (died 1738)

## Deaths

* January 16 - Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy, painter (born 1611)
* May - Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, painter (born 1597)
* July 3 - Francesco Costanzo Cattaneo, Italian painter (born 1602)
* July 14 - Aniello Falcone, Italian Baroque painter noted for his painted depictions of battle scenes (born 1600)
* July 27 - Francesco Cairo, Italian painter active in Lombardy and Piedmont (born 1607)
* August 25 - Elisabetta Sirani, Italian painter (born 1638)
* November 19 – Nicolas Poussin, painter (born 1594)
* December 19 - Gerard van Zyl, Dutch Golden Age painter of portraits and genre scenes (born 1607)
* date unknown
   * Antonio Bacci, Italian still life painter (born 1600)
   * Albert Eckhout – Dutch portrait and still life painter (born 1610)
   * Jan Sadeler II, Flemish engraver of the Sadeler family (born 1588)
   * Thomas Simon, English medalist (born c.1623)
   * Friedrich van Hulsen, Dutch printmaker and engraver (born 1580)
