1680 in art
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Events from the year 1680 in art.
Events
- Following the death of Sir Peter Lely, Godfrey Kneller is appointed Principal Painter to the Crown by King Charles II of England.
Paintings
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- Pedro Nuñez de Villavicencio - Fallen Apple Basket (Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest))
- Godfrey Kneller - Black Page Boy (Charlecote Park, England)
- Gerard ter Borch - Young Man Reading a Book (approximate date)
Births
- January 3 - Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German painter and stucco plasterer (died 1758)
- March 23 - Juan Ramírez Mejandre, Spanish Baroque sculptor (died 1739)
- date unknown
- Juan Antonio García de Bouzas, Spanish painter of the Baroque period (died 1755)
- Francisco Bustamante, Spanish painter (died 1737)
- Leonardo Coccorante, Italian painter especially of large, highly detailed landscapes with imaginary classical architectural ruins (died 1750)
- Lorenzo De Ferrari, Italian painter (died 1744)
- Giuseppe Gambarini, Italian painter of frescoes (died 1725)
- Carlo Antonio Rambaldi, Italian painter of the Baroque period (died 1717)
- Girolamo Rossi, Italian engraver of the late-Baroque (d. unknown)
- Carlo Salis, Italian painter, born in Verona (died 1763)
- Pier Lorenzo Spoleti, Italian painter of portrait painting and reproductions of master paintings (died 1726)
- Maria Verelst, Dutch miniature and portrait painter (died 1744)
- Candido Vitali, Italian painter of still lifes of animals, birds, flower, and fruit (died 1753)
- probable
- Maurice Baquoy, French engraver (died 1747)
- Francesco Boccaccino, Italian painter, born at Cremona (died 1750)
- Domenico Bocciardo, Italian painter, active in Genoa (died 1746)
- Charles Collins, Irish painter primarily of animals and still-life (died 1744)
- Sebastiano Conca, Italian painter (died 1764)
- Jean-Baptiste Gilles, French painter of portraits in miniature and water-colours (died 1762)
- Gaetano Martoriello, Italian painter of marine vedute and landscapes (died 1733)
Deaths
- February – Willem Drost, Netherlands painter (born 1630)
- August 24 – Ferdinand Bol, Dutch artist, etcher, and draftsman (born 1616)
- October 4 – Jacobus Mancadan, Dutch Golden Age painter mostly known for his pastoral landscapes (born 1602)
- November 28
- Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor/architect/painter (born 1598)
- Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Italian architect and painter (born 1606)
- November 30 – Sir Peter Lely, English painter (born 1618)
- date unknown
- Juan de Alfaro y Gamez, Spanish painter of the Baroque (born 1643)
- Nicolas Baudesson, French flower painter (born 1611)
- Girolamo Bonini, Italian painter, active mainly in Bologna (born unknown)
- Hendrick Danckerts, Dutch painter and engraver (born 1625)
- Angelo Everardi, Italian painter of battle scenes (born 1647)
- Adriano Palladino, Italian painter born and active in Cortona (born 1610)
- Francesco Quaini, Italian painter of quadratura (born 1611)
- Luigi Pellegrini Scaramuccia, Italian painter and artist biographer (born 1616)
- Wang Shimin – Chinese landscape painter during the Qing dynasty (born 1592)
- probable
- Willem Claeszoon Heda, Dutch still life painter (born 1594)
- Giovanni Fulco, Italian painter excelling particularly in the representation of children (born 1615)