title: 1623 in art
text: # 1623 in art
  
  Events from the year 1623 in art.
  
  ## Events
  
  * The Raphael Cartoons are bought from a Genoese collection by agents for the future King Charles I of England (at this time Prince of Wales).
  
  ## Works
  
  * Gian Lorenzo Bernini – Self-portrait (approximate date)
  * Martin Droeshout – Engraved portrait for the 'First Folio' of William Shakespeare's plays
  * Orazio Gentileschi – The Annunciation (Sabauda Gallery)
  * Guercino – The Burial of St. Petronilla
  * Dirck Hals – Musicians
  * Daniël Mijtens – James Hamilton, Earl of Arran (age 17)
  * Peter Paul Rubens – Self-portrait (British Royal Collection, Windsor Castle)
  * Dirck van Baburen (some dates approximate)
     * Cimon and Pero (Roman Charity)
     * Concert
     * Crowning With Thorns (2 versions)
     * Loose Company
     * Prometheus Being Chained by Vulcan
     * Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene
  * Anthony van Dyck –
     * Portrait of the Lomellini family
     * Self Portrait (approximate date)
  * Gerard van Honthorst
     * Merry Company
     * The Prodigal Son
     * The Steadfast Philosopher
  * Diego Velázquez
     * Portrait of Philip IV in Armour
     * The Investiture Of St Ildefonso With The Chasuble
  
  ## Births
  
  * May 30 - Wallerant Vaillant, Flemish Baroque painter and mezzotint engraver (died 1677)
  * August 25 - Filippo Lauri, Italian painter, Principe (director) of the Accademia di San Luca (died 1694)
  * date unknown
     * Jürgen Ovens, Danish or German Baroque painter and engraver (died 1678)
     * Francesco Barbieri, Italian Baroque painter (died 1698)
     * Giovanni Battista Caccioli Italian figure painter in quadratura (died 1675)
     * Francisco de Palacios, Spanish Baroque painter (died 1652)
     * Francesco di Maria, Italian painter active mainly in Naples (died 1690)
     * Pieter Janssens Elinga, Dutch painter (died 1682)
     * Giovanni Ghisolfi, Italian painter of veduta and capricci, mainly landscapes (died 1683)
     * Giacomo Lauri, Italian engraver (died 1694)
  * probable
     * Thomas Simon, English medallist (died 1665)
     * Mei Qing, Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher and poet during the Qing dynasty (died 1697)
     * Reinier Nooms, Dutch marine painter and etcher (died c. 1664)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * January 11 - Pieter van Mierevelt, Dutch Golden Age painter (born 1596)
  * December - Rodrigo de Villandrando, court painter during the reign of Philip III of Spain (born unknown)
  * date unknown
     * Andrea Andreani, Italian wood engraver and early exponent of chiaroscuro (born 1540)
     * Francesco Brizio, Italian painter and engraver of the Bolognese School (born 1574)
     * Agostino Bugiardini, Italian sculptor (date of birth unknown)
     * Johann Theodor de Bry, Flemish painter and engraver (born 1561)
     * Domenico Fetti, Italian painter (born 1589)
     * Jacob van Musscher, Dutch Golden Age painter (born 1580)
  