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)