1697 in art

Events

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Paintings

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Births

* October 28 - Giovanni Antonio Canal, better known as Canaletto, Venetian artist famous for his landscapes, or vedute, of Venice (d. 1768)
* Bernard Accama or Bernardus, Dutch historical and portrait painter, born in Friesland (d. 1756)
* William Hogarth - English painter credited with pioneering western sequential art (d. 1764)
* Pierre-Imbert Drevet - French portrait engraver (d. 1739)
* Canaletto - Italian artist (d. 1768)
* Antonio Gionima - Italian painter of the late-Baroque period (d. 1732)
* Giovanni Battista Tagliasacchi - Italian painter of historical scenes and portraits (d. 1737)
* Cornelis Troost - Dutch painter from Amsterdam (d. 1750)
* Johann Gottfried Auerbach - Austrian painter (d. 1752)

Deaths

* Abraham Begeyn - Dutch painter of landscapes and cattle (b. 1637)
* Jan de Bray - Dutch painter (b. 1627)
* Lucas Faydherbe, Dutch sculptor and architect (b. 1617)
* Andrea Carlone - Italian painter (b. 1626)
* Ludovico Gimignani - Italian painter, active mainly in Rome, during the Baroque period (b. 1643)
* Giulio Cesare Venenti - Italian painter of landscapes and engraver (b. 1609)
* Mei Qing - Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet during the Qing Dynasty (b. 1623)