title: 1647 in art
text: # 1647 in art
  
  Events from the year 1647 in art.
  
  ## Events
  
  * Gianlorenzo Bernini begins work on his Memorial to Maria Raggi.
  
  ## Works
  
  ### Paintings
  
  * Guercino –
     * Persian Sibyl
     * Christ Crowned with Thorns
  * Peter Lely – Portraits of:
     * James, Duke of York, Princess Elizabeth and Henry, Duke of Gloucester
     * Edward Massie
  * Jan van Goyen – Landscape with Dunes
  * Paulus Potter – The Bull
  
  ### Other
  
  * Francesco Grue - Altarpiece at the church of San Donato, Castelli, Abruzzo
  
  ## Births
  
  * April 18 - Elias Brenner, Swedish painter and archeologist (died 1717)
  * November - Jan van Huchtenburg, Dutch painter (died 1733)
  * date unknown
     * Jan Baptist Brueghel, Flemish Baroque flower painter (died 1719)
     * Andrea López Caballero, Spanish painter (died unknown)
     * Angelo Everardi, Italian painter of battle scenes (died 1680)
     * Jan Jiří Heinsch, Czech-German painter of the Baroque style (died 1712)
     * Philippe Magnier, French sculptor (died 1715)
     * Francis Place, English gentleman draughtsman, potter, engraver and printmaker (died 1728)
  * probable
     * Gregorio De Ferrari, Italian painter of the Genoese school (died 1726)
     * Pieter Xavery, Flemish sculptor (died 1674)
     * Yu Zhiding, Chinese landscape painter during the Qing Dynasty (died 1709)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * May 6 - Simon de Passe, Dutch royal engraver and designer of medals (born 1595/1596)
  * May 19 - Sebastian Vrancx, Flemish Baroque painter and etcher of the Antwerp school (born 1573)
  * May/June - Pieter Quast, Dutch painter (born 1606)
  * August 24 - Nicholas Stone, English sculptor and architect (born 1586)
  * August 27 - Pietro Novelli, Italian painter, architect and stage set designer (born 1603)
  * November 30 – Giovanni Lanfranco, Italian painter (born 1582)
  * date unknown
     * Pietro Desani, Italian painter (born 1595)
     * Zeng Jing, Chinese painter during the Ming Dynasty (born 1564)
     * Bartolomé Román, Spanish Baroque painter known for his series of archangels (born 1587)
  * probable
     * Sisto Badalocchio, Italian painter and engraver of the Bolognese School (born 1585)
     * Daniël Mijtens, Dutch portrait painter (born 1590)
  