1678 in art
Events from the year 1678 in art. Events Louis Chéron wins the Prix de Rome for a second time. Works Gianlorenzo Bernini - the Tomb of Pope Alexander VII (completed during this year) Albrecht Kauw - Still Life Murillo - The Immaculate Conception and The Christ Child Distributing Bread to Pilgrims Ary de Vois - The scholar Adriaan van Beverland with a prostitute Births June 3 - Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, Italian painter, sculptor and architect (died 1745) date unknown Giovanni Francesco Bagnoli, Italian painter of still-life paintings (died 1713) Antonio Baroni, Italian painter active in Verona (died 1746) Carlo Bolognini, Italian painter of quadratura (died 1704) François Coudray, French sculptor (died 1727) Tommaso Dossi, Italian painter from Verona (died 1730) Alexis Grimou, French painter (died 1733) Bernardo Schiaffino, Italian sculptor (died 1725) Alonso Miguel de Tovar, Spanish painter (died 1758) Deaths January 29 - Giulio Carpioni, Italian painter and etcher (born 1613) January 20 - Antonio de Pereda, Spanish painter (born 1611) April 13 - Pieter van Anraedt, Dutch Golden Age painter of history scenes (born 1635) April 22 - Sebastiano Mazzoni, Italian who painted with unresolved dynamism and from awkward perspectives (born 1611) June Pieter Jansz van Asch, Dutch