1729 in art

Events

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Paintings

* Hogarth painted Act III of "The Beggar's Opera".
* François Lemoyne painted "Pygmalion Watching his Statue Come to Life".
* Antonio David painted portraits of Prince Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") and his brother Prince Henry.
* Nicolas de Largillière (Paris) painted portrait of "Elizabeth Throckmorton".
* A painter of the "Nasini circle" painted the "Miracle of San Vincenzo Ferrer".

Births

* Giovanni Antonio Zaddei - Italian painter of altarpieces from the Baroque period, mainly active in Ferrara (d. "unknown")
* Simon Mathurin Lantara - French landscape painter (d. 1778)
* Rienk Jelgerhuis - Dutch painter, engraver and draftsman (d. 1806)

Deaths

* Henrietta Johnston, early American pastellist (b. 1670)
* Torii Kiyonobu I - Japanese painter and printmaker in the "ukiyo-e" style, especially on Kabuki signboards (b. 1664)
* Scipione Angelini - Italian painter of Baroque period, best known for still-lifes (b. 1661)
* Marcantonio Franceschini - Italian painter of religious and mythological subjects (b. 1648)
* Lorenzo Fratellini - Italian painter of miniature portraits (b. 1690)
* Cristóbal de León - Spanish painter of monastic portraits (b. "unknown")
* Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl - Swedish Baroque painter of allegorys, portraits and group portraits (b. 1666)
* Panagiotis Doxaras - Greek painter who founded the Heptanese School of Greek art (b. 1662)
* Marco Ricci - Italian veduta painter of the Baroque period (b. 1676)
* John Nost - Flemish sculptor especially utilizing lead (b. "unknown")