1721 in art

Events

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Paintings

* "Pilgrimage to Cythera" by Jean-Antoine Watteau

Births

* Charles Germain de Saint Aubin - draftsman and embroidery designer to King Louis XV (d. 1786)
* Charles Joseph Flipart - French painter and engraver (d. 1797)

Deaths

* July 18 - Antoine Watteau, painter (born 1684)
* Louis Laguerre, French decorative painter working in England (b. 1663)
* Nicola Malinconico, Neapolitan painter (b. 1663)
* Andrea dell'Asta - Italian painter of the late-baroque period (b. 1673)
* Francesco Antonio Caneti - Italian miniature painter of the Baroque period (b. 1652)
* Luigi Garzi - Italian painter of the Baroque period (b. 1638)
* Giuseppe Ghezzi - Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Rome (b. 1634)
* Bonaventura Lamberti - Italian painter active mainly in Rome (b. 1653)
* Jose Risueño - Spanish painter helped decorate the cupola of the church in the Carthusian monastery (b. 1640)
* Grinling Gibbons - English Master wood carver (b. 1648)