1653 in art

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Events from the year 1653 in art.

Events

Architect and painter Lambert van Haven begins a 16-year period of travelling in Europe.
Construction of the Taj Mahal mausoleum at Agra in India is completed, probably to a design by Ustad Ahmad Lahauri, together with the Moti Masjid (Pearl Mosque) in Agra Fort.

Taj Mahal completed

Claude Lorrain - The Adoration of the Golden Calf
Nicolaes Maes - Abraham Dismissing Hagar and Ishmael
Rembrandt van Rijn - Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer
Diego Velázquez
- Portrait of the Infanta Maria Theresa of Spain
- Portrait of Mariana of Austria (original version, Museo del Prado, 1652–53)
Jan van Kessel - series of insects and fruit

January - Nicolas Fouché, French painter (died 1733)^[1]
January 23 - Giovanni Girolamo Bonesi, Italian painter (died 1725)
February 1 - Felix Meyer, Swiss painter and engraver (died 1713)
May 13 - Giuseppe Maria Mazza, Bolognese Rococo sculptor (died 1741)
October 20 - Charles-François Poerson, French painter (died 1725)
December 21 - Tommaso Aldrovandini, Italian painter (died 1736)
date unknown
- Sébastien Barras, French painter and engraver (died 1703)
- Carel de Vogelaer, Dutch still life painter (died 1695)
- Jacques-Philippe Ferrand, French miniaturist and painter in enamel (died 1732)
- Marcellus Laroon, Dutch painter and engraver, active in England (died 1702)
- Angelo Massarotti, Italian painter active in his native Cremona (died 1723)
- Kanō Tanshin, Japanese painter (died 1718)
- Sante Vandi, Italian portrait painter (died 1716)
probable
- Bonaventura Lamberti, Italian painter, active mainly in Rome (died 1721)
- Gaspar van Wittel, Dutch landscape painter (died 1736)

March - Simon de Vlieger, Dutch painter (b. 1601)
August 16 - Giuliano Finelli, Italian sculptor (b. 1601)
August 24 - Henry Stone, English painter (b. 1616)
August 29 - Gijsbert d'Hondecoeter, Dutch landscape and animal painter (b. 1604)
October 16 - Jan Wildens, Flemish Baroque painter and draughtsman specializing in landscapes (b. 1595/1596)
October 22 - Thomas de Critz, English painter (b. 1607)
date unknown
- Antoon Faydherbe, Dutch sculptor (date of birth unknown)
- Aletta Hanemans, model for Frans Hals (b. 1606)
probable
- (d. 1653/1665) - Astolfo Petrazzi, Italian painter, active mainly in his native Siena (b. 1583)
- (d. 1653/1656) - Nicolaes Pickenoy, Dutch painter of Flemish origin (b. 1588)