1758 in art
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Events from the year 1758 in art.
Events
- Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, establishes a Kupferstich- und Zeichnungskabinett in the Mannheim Palace, predecessor of the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München.
Works
George II by Shackleton – this painting was given by the artist in May 1758 to the Foundling Hospital in London, in return for which he was elected a governor and guardian.
- Pompeo Batoni
- Portrait of Pope Clement
- Portrait of Sir Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham
- Joshua Reynolds – Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond
- Louis-François Roubiliac – Statue of Shakespeare
- John Shackleton – George II
Births
- March 14 – Franz Bauer, Austrian microscopist and botanical artist (died 1840)
- April 4
- John Hoppner, English portrait painter (died 1810)
- Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, French painter (died 1823)
- June 18 – Robert Bowyer, English miniature painter and publisher (died 1834)
- June 19 – Raffaello Sanzio Morghen, Italian engraver (died 1833)
- August 14 – Carle Vernet, French painter (died 1835)
- September 9 – Alexander Nasmyth, Scottish painter (died 1840)
- October 22 - Friedrich Rehberg, German portrait and historical painter (died 1835)
- December 31 – Johann Heinrich Bleuler, Swiss painter (died 1823)
- date unknown
- William Billingsley, English painter of porcelain (died 1828)
- James Fittler, English engraver (died 1835)
- Hyewon, Korean painter of the Joseon Dynasty (died unknown)
- Moritz Kellerhoven, Austrian painter (died 1830)
- Ryōkan, Japanese Sōtō Zen Buddhist monk poet and calligrapher (died 1831)
- (b. 1756/1758) – Francesco Piranesi, Italian engraver and architect (died 1810)
Deaths
- February 28 – Francesco Maria Raineri, Italian sculptor of battle scenes, landscapes, and vedute with historical or mythologic figures (born 1676)
- March 2 – Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German painter and a prime stucco plasterer during the Baroque (born 1680)
- June 27 – Michelangelo Unterberger, Austrian painter of religious themes (born 1695)
- August - François Hutin, French painter, sculptor and engraver (born 1686)
- August 24 – Bartolomeo Nazari, Italian portraitist of the late-Baroque (born 1693)
- September 9 – Isak Wacklin, Finnish painter (born 1720)
- October – Michael Ford, Irish mezzotint engraver (born unknown)
- October 19 – Agostino Masucci, Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period (born 1691)
- date unknown
- Ciro Adolfi, Italian painter of the Baroque period (born 1683)
- George Bickham the Elder, English writing master and engraver (born 1684)
- Elizabeth Blackwell, Scottish botanical illustrator and author (born 1700)[1]
- Giuseppe Dallamano, Italian painter of quadratura in Turin (born 1679)
- Alonso Miguel de Tovar, Spanish painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period (born 1678)
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References
- "A Curious Herbal". The British Library. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
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