1717 in art

1717 in art

Events

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Paintings

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Births

* August 11 - Giovanni Carlo Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect, designer, and painter (d. 1760)
* Robert Wood, British engraver, gentleman and politician (d. 1771)
* Jacques Saly, French sculptor (d. 1776)
* Adam Friedrich Oeser, German etcher, painter and sculptor (d. 1799)
* Giuseppe Bottani - Italian painter active in the Baroque period (d. 1784)
* Alexander Cozens - British landscape-painter in water-colours and published teacher of painting (d. 1786)
* Giovanni Battista Nini - Italian sculptor and medallist (d. 1786)

Deaths

* Jean Jouvenet - French painter (b. 1647)
* Wang Hui - Chinese landscape painter, the best known of the Four Wangs (b. 1632)
* Giovanni Maria Morandi - Italian painter of altarpieces (b. 1622)
* Luigi Quaini - Italian painter of landscapes and architecture (b. 1643)
* Carlo Antonio Rambaldi - Italian painter of the Baroque period (b. 1680)
* Girolamo Ruggieri - Italian painter of landscapes and battle paintings (b. 1662)
* Jean-Baptiste Santerre - French painter (b. 1650)


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