Events

Works

• William Hogarth begins painting his Marriage -la-mode series^[1]
• Louis-Michel van Loo completes The Family of Philip V

Births

• March 9 Johann Kaspar F ssli, Swiss painter (died 1786)
• July 24 Giocondo Albertolli, Swiss-born architect, painter, and sculptor who was active in Italy (d. 1839)
• September 11 Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard, Danish Neoclassicist painter (died 1809)
• probable Louis Jean Desprez, painter and architect (died 1804)

Deaths

• January 3 Ferdinando Galli Bibiena, Italian architect/designer/painter and author (born 1656)
• April 20 - Alexandre-Fran ois Desportes. French painter and decorative designer who specialised in animal works (b. 1661)
• September 14 Nicolas Lancret, French painter (born 1690)
• October 20 Michael Dahl, Swedish portrait painter (born 1659)
• December
  • Fra Galgario, Bergamese painter, mainly of portraits during the Rococo epoch (born 1655)
  • Giuseppe Ghislandi, Italian painter from Bergamo (born 1655)
• December 27 Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter of Catalan origin (born 1659)
• date unknown
  • Giacomo Antonio Arland, Italian painter (born 1668)
  • Pietro Paolo Cristofari, Italian artist responsible for a number of the mosaics in St. Peter's Basilica (born 1685)
  • Placido Campolo, Italian painter of the late-Baroque period (born 1693)
  • Girolamo Donnini, Italian painter of the Baroque period (born 1681)
  • Antonio Filocamo, Italian painter at various churches and oratories in Messina (born 1669)
  • Ogata Kenzan, Japanese potter and painter (born 1663)
  • Michele Marieschi, Italian painter of landscapes or vistas (a vedutisti) (born 1710)
  • Giovanni Tuccari, Italian painter of battle scenes (born 1667)

References

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