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1712 in art

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The following events happened in art in the year 1712.

Events

  • August 15 – The new abbey church at Fulda, with its high altar designed by Johann Neudecker and the stuccoist Giovanni Battista Artari, is dedicated by Prince-Abbot Adalbert von Schleifras.
  • Charles-André van Loo travels to Rome to study under Benedetto Luti and Pierre Legros.
  • Lorenzo Mattielli settles in Vienna.

Paintings

  • Rosalba Carriera – Bacchante with a tambourine
  • Giuseppe Maria Crespi – The Seven Sacraments series
  • Ádám Mányoki – Portrait of Francis II Rákóczi
  • Paolo de Matteis – The Choice of Hercules (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford)
  • Adriaen van der Werff – The Judgement of Paris

Births

  • February 19 – Arthur Devis, English portrait painter, particularly known for his conversation pieces and other such small portraits (died 1787)
  • October 5 – Francesco Guardi, Venetian painter of veduta (died 1793)
  • October 30 – Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, German painter (died 1774)
  • December 11 – Francesco Algarotti, Italian philosopher and art critic (died 1764)
  • date unknown
    • Giuseppe Angeli, Italian painter of the late-baroque active mainly in Venice (died 1798)
    • John Cleveley the Elder, English marine artist (died 1777)
    • Simon Fokke, Dutch designer, etcher, and engraver (died 1784)
    • Nicolas Jean Baptiste Poilly, French draftsman and engraver (died 1780)
    • Toriyama Sekien, scholar and ukiyo-e artist of Japanese folklore (died 1788)
    • Johan Stålbom, Finnish painter who later lived and worked in Sweden (died 1777)
    • Stefano Torelli, Italian painter of altar-pieces and ceiling decorations (died 1784)
  • probable
    • Károly Bebo, Hungarian sculptor, builder and decorator noted for his stucco work (died 1777)

Deaths

  • May 30 – Andrea Lanzani, Italian painter for the Habsburg court (born 1645)
  • August 23 – Jan Kryštof Liška, Czech Baroque painter (born 1650)
  • September 9
    • Jan Jiří Heinsch, Czech-German painter of the Baroque style (born 1647)
    • Jean Mauger, French medallist (born 1648)
  • September 12 – Jan van der Heyden, Dutch painter (born 1637)
  • November 26 – Pietro Dandini, Italian painter of the Baroque period active in Florence (born 1646)
  • date unknown
    • Louis Audran, French engraver (born 1670)
    • Andrea Celesti, Venetian painter (born 1637)
    • Giovanni Evangelista Draghi, Italian painter of the Baroque period (born 1657)
    • Buhurizade Mustafa Itri, Ottoman-Turkish musician, composer, calligrapher, singer and poet (born 1640)
    • Francesco Monti (il Brescianino), Italian painter of battle scenes (born 1646)
    • Lars Myra, Finnish painter (born unknown)
    • Michelangelo Palloni, Italian painter (born 1637)
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