- 1731 in art
Events
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János Krucsay donates the "Krucsay Altar " to theFranciscan Church inNyírbátor Works
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Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin - "The White Tablecloth"
*William Hogarth - "A Harlot's Progress " (paintings)
*Giovanni Paolo Panini - "Interior of Saint Peter's"
*Francesco Maria Schiaffino - "Crucifix with Angels"
*Andreas Silbermann - organ of the Saint-Maurice Church inEbersmunster
*Richard Waitt - "The Cromartie Fool"Births
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February 16 -Marcello Bacciarelli , Italian painter (d. 1818)
*June 19 -Joaquim Machado de Castro , Portuguese sculptor (d. 1822)
*July 1 -Johannes Wiedewelt , Danish neoclassical sculptor (d. 1802)
*Dirk van der Aa , Dutch painter (d. 1809)
*José Camarón y Bononat - Spanish painter, mainly active in Valencia (d. 1803)
*Paul Sandby -Map -maker turned landscape painter inwatercolour s (d. 1809)
*John Inigo Richards - English landscape painter (d. 1810)
*Thomas Beckwith - English painter,genealogist andantiquary (d. 1786)Deaths
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March 8 -Ferdinand Brokoff ,Bohemia n sculptor (b. 1688)
*June 7 -William Aikman (painter) , Scottish portrait-painter (b. 1682)
*Francis Bird , English sculptor (b. 1667)
*Johann Melchior Dinglinger - one of Europe's greatestgoldsmith s, German artist in a Mannerist tradition into the "Age of Rococo" (b. 1664)
*Bartolomeo Letterini - Italian painter fromVenice (b. 1669)
*Giovanni Odazzi - Italian painter and etcher of theBaroque period (b. 1663)
*Giovanni Camillo Sagrestani - Italian painter of theBaroque era inFlorence (b. 1660)
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