1655 in art

Events from the year 1655 in art.

Paintings

January 21 - Antonio Molinari, Venetian painter of mythology and religious figures (died 1704)
February 25 - Carel de Moor, Dutch etcher and painter (died 1738)
March 4 - Fra Galgario (Giuseppe Ghislandi), Bergamese painter, mainly of portraits during the Rococo epoch (died 1743)
June 11 - Antonio Cifrondi, Italian painter of genre works (died 1730)
November 16 - Alessandro Gherardini, Italian painter, active mainly in Florence (died 1723)
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- Marie Courtois, French miniature painter (died 1703)
- Englebert Fisen, Flemish painter (died 1733)
- Johann Ulrich Kraus, German illustrator, engraver and publisher (died 1719)
- Antonio Lorenzini, Italian painter and engraver (died 1740)
- Giacomo Pavia, Italian painter, active mainly in his native Bologna (died 1740)
- Jacques Prou, French Academic sculptor (died 1706)
- Anthoni Schoonjans, Belgian painter (died 1726)
- Sébastien Slodtz, French sculptor (died 1726)
- Filippo Tancredi, Italian painter of church frescoes (died 1722)
- David von Krafft, German-Swedish painter, nephew of David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl and his successor at the Swedish Royal Court (died 1725)