Overview of the events of 1693 in art
Events from the year 1693 in art .
Events
January 11 – A massive earthquake in Sicily leads indirectly to the development of a Sicilian Baroque style of architecture and decoration as palazzi, public buildings, cathedrals and churches require reconstruction.
Paintings
Wang Hui , A Thousand Peaks and Myriad Ravines , 1693
Births
Deaths
April 20 – Claudio Coello , Spanish Baroque painter (born 1642 )
July 31 – Willem Kalf , Dutch painter (born 1619 )
November – Nicolaes Maes , Dutch Baroque painter of genre works and portraits (born 1634 )
November 12 – Maria van Oosterwijck , Dutch Baroque painter, specializing in richly detailed still-lifes (born 1630 )
December 13 – Willem van de Velde the Elder , Dutch painter (born 1611 )
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Johann Franz Ermels , German painter and engraver (born 1641 )
Dirck Ferreris , Dutch Golden Age painter (born 1639 )
Hendrik Graauw , Dutch Golden Age painter (born 1627 )
Bartolomé Pérez , Spanish painter of flowers and still lifes (born 1634 )
Giovan Battista Ruoppolo , Neapolitan painter, notable for still-lifes (born 1629 )
Johann Weikhard von Valvasor , Carniolan nobleman, scientist, writer, draughtsman, and polymath (born 1641 )