1715 in art
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Events
Paintings
- Thomas Gibson â Portrait of George Vertue
- Sir Godfrey Kneller â Portraits of
- John Erskine, Earl of Mar
- Frances Erskine Countess of Mar
- Lady Anne, Countess of Sunderland and her daughter Diana
- Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury
- Rachel Ruysch â Bouquet of Flowers (Alte Pinakothek, Munich)
Births
- February 22 â Charles-Nicolas Cochin, French engraver, designer, writer, and art critic (died 1790)
- July 4 â Charles Francois Hutin, French history and figure painter, engraver and sculptor (died 1776)
- July 11 â Jean-Joseph Balechou, French engraver (died 1765)
- August 25 â Luis González Velázquez, Spanish late-Baroque painter (died 1763)
- November 5 â Johann Georg Wille, German copper engraver (died 1808)
- November 30 â Johan Jacob Bruun, Danish gouache painter most known for his topographic prospects (died 1789)
- December 11 â Johann Valentin Tischbein, German theatre painter (died 1768)
- probable
- Pierre-Philippe Mignot, French sculptor (died 1770)
- Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, French painter who specialized in portraits executed in pastels (died 1783)
- Gervase Spencer, English miniaturist (died 1763)
- Cao Xueqin â Chinese writer, painter and poet (died 1763)
Deaths
- January 5 â Onorio Marinari, Italian painter (born 1627)
- March 11 â Jan-Erasmus Quellinus, Flemish Baroque painter of large altarpieces and histories (born 1634)
- June 12 â Angelo de Rossi, sculptor (born 1671)
- September 1 â Francois Girardon, French sculptor (born 1628)
- November 16 - Jacques d'Agar, French portrait painter (born 1640)
- date unknown
- Filippo Abbiati, Italian painter of the Baroque period (born 1640)
- DerviÅ Ali, Ottoman calligrapher (born unknown)
- François Boitard, French painter (born 1670)
- Elizabeth Haselwood, English silversmith (born c. 1644)[1]
- Philippe Magnier, French sculptor (born 1647)
- Michelangelo Ricciolino, Italian church painter of the Baroque period (born 1654)
- Gian Domenico Valentini, Italian painter of still life (born 1639)
- Wang Yuanqi, Chinese painter of the Qing dynasty, member of the Four Wangs (born 1642)
- Yun TusÅ, Korean painter and scholar of the Joseon period (born 1668)
- 1710/1715: Jean Cornu, French sculptor (born 1650)
