1697 in art
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Events from the year 1697 in art.
Events
- December 13 – Tsar Peter the Great of Russia visits Dutch Republic official Jacob de Wilde in Amsterdam to view his art collection, "the beginning of the West European classical tradition in Russia";[1] a view of the meeting is engraved by Jacob's daughter Maria de Wilde.
Paintings
Coorte – Still Life with Shells, private collection
- Giovan Battista Caniana – The Crucifixion (Church of Santa Maria and San Giacomo, Romano di Lombardia)
- Adriaen Coorte – Still Life with Shells
- Carlo Maratta – The Baptism of Jesus
- Hyacinthe Rigaud – Portrait of Cardinal Louis Antoine de Noailles
- Hyacinthe Rigaud and Joseph Parrocel – Portrait of Louis, Grand Dauphin
- Painting of Christian V presiding over the Supreme Court of Denmark
Births
- March 30 – Jan Baptist Xavery, Flemish sculptor active in the Netherlands (died 1742)
- April 12 – Anton Pichler, Tyrolean goldsmith and artist of engraved gems (died 1779)
- June 22 – Pierre-Imbert Drevet, French portrait engraver (died 1739)
- June 25 – Peter van Bleeck, portrait painter and engraver (died 1764)
- October 28
- Giovanni Antonio Canal, better known as Canaletto, Venetian artist famous for his landscapes, or vedute, of Venice (died 1768)
- Johann Gottfried Auerbach, Austrian painter (died 1753)
- November 10 – William Hogarth, English engraver and painter credited with pioneering western sequential art (died 1764)
- date unknown
- Bernard Accama or Bernardus, Dutch historical and portrait painter, born in Friesland (died 1756)
- Francesco Andreini, Italian painter (died 1751)
- Helena Arnell, one of the first Finnish painters and few female artists (died 1751)
- Claude François Devosge, French sculptor and architect (died 1777)
- Johann Christian Fiedler, German portrait painter (died 1765)
- Antonio Gionima, Italian painter (died 1732)
- Michele Pagano, Italian painter of landscapes or vedutista (died 1732)
- Giovanni Battista Tagliasacchi, Italian painter of historical scenes and portraits (died 1737)
- Cornelis Troost – Dutch painter from Amsterdam (died 1750)
Deaths
- April 4
- Jan de Bray, Dutch painter (born 1627)
- Andrea Carlone, Italian painter (born 1626)
- June 11 – Abraham Begeyn, Dutch painter of landscapes and cattle (born 1637)
- December 31 – Lucas Faydherbe, Dutch sculptor and architect (born 1617)
- date unknown
- Ludovico Gimignani, Italian painter, active mainly in Rome (born 1643)
- Muin Musavvir, Persian miniaturist during the Safavid period (born 1638)
- Mei Qing, Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet during the Qing Dynasty (born 1623)
- Claudine Bouzonnet-Stella, French engraver (born 1636)
- Giulio Cesare Venenti, Italian painter of landscapes and engraver (born 1609)
References
- ↑ Wes, Martinus A. (1992). Classics in Russia, 1700–1855: Between Two Bronze Horsemen. Brill. p. 14. ISBN 9789004096646.
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