1746 in art

Events

*Canaletto visits England.
*Canaletto moves to London, to be closer to his market.

Paintings

*Canaletto paints "Westminster Bridge".
*John Smybert paints portrait of William Pepperrell

Births

* March 30, Francisco Goya, Aragonese Spanish painter and printmaker (died 1828)
* François-André Vincent - French painter (died 1816)
* Xi Gang - renowned Chinese calligrapher and painter in Qing Dynasty (died 1803)
* William Ashford - British painter who worked exclusively in Ireland (died 1824)
* Francesco Saverio Mergalo - Italian portrait painter of the Rococo or late-Baroque period (d. 1786)
* Christian August Lorentzen - Danish painter (died 1828)
* Gerard van Spaendonck - Dutch painter (died 1822)
* James Northcote - English painter (died 1831)

Deaths

* Antonio Baroni - Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active in Verona (b. 1678)
* Domenico Bocciardo - Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Genoa (b. 1680)
* Sebastiano Galeotti - peripatetic Italian painter of the late-Baroque period (b. 1656)
* Francesco Trevisani - Italian painter of frescoes, active in the period called either early Rococo or late Baroque (b. 1656)
* Nicolas de Largillière - French painter (b. 1656)
* Guillaume Coustou the Elder - French sculptor and academician (b. 1677)