1655 in art

Events from the year 1655 in art.

Paintings

Nicolaes Maes
- Eavesdropper with a Scolding Woman
- The Idle Servant (National Gallery, London)
- The Lacemaker (National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa)
- A Woman Spinning (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
- A Young Woman Sewing (Guildhall Art Gallery, City of London)
Nicolas Poussin - St. Peter Healing a Sick Man
Rembrandt
- (attributed) - The Polish Rider
- Christ Presented to the People (Ecce Homo) (drypoint)
Bartholomeus van der Helst - Self-portrait
Diego Velázquez - Infanta Maria Margareta
Vermeer - Christ in the House of Martha and Mary

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)
date unknown
- 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)