1725 in art - Wikiwand

Events from the year 1725 in art.

Events

January 20 â The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna is refounded by Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, as the k.k. Hofakademie der Maler, Bildhauer und Baukunst, under the direction of the French-born court painter Jacob van Schuppen.
A number of artists including Juan Vicente Ribera are appointed by the Council of Castile to develop a tax structure for artworks

Canaletto
- Doge's Palace
- Entrance to the Grand Canal: Looking East
- The Grand Canal from Rialto toward the North
- The Grand Canal near the Ponte di Rialto
- The Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge in the Background
- Rio dei Mendicanti: Looking South
- Santi Giovanni e Paolo and the Scuola di San Marco
Jean-Baptiste-SimÃ©on Chardin â The Skate
Philippe Mercier â The Schutz Family and Their Friends on a Terrace
Sebastiano Ricci â Apotheosis of Saint Sebastian (approximate date)
Jacob de Wit â Hercules on Mount Olympus (ceiling painting now at Waddesdon Manor, England)
Johann Michael Rottmayr â Dome fresco, Karlskirche, Vienna
Francesco Solimena - The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple (circa)

January 16 â Johann Anton de Peters, German painter and etcher (died 1795)
February 17 â Joseph Ignatz Sadler, Czech fresco painter (died 1767)
May 16 â Peder Als, Danish historical and portrait painter (died 1775)
June 3 â Christoph Friedrich Reinhold Lisiewski, German portrait painter (died 1794)
July 1 â Rhoda Delaval, English portrait painter (died 1757)
August 21 â Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter (died 1805)
September 7 â William Duesbury, English enameller and entrepreneur (died 1786)
September 25 â Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian engraver (died 1815)
October 7 (bapt.) â Francis Swaine, English marine painter (died 1782)
November 22 â Ignaz GÃ¼nther, German sculptor and woodcarver within the Bavarian rococo tradition (died 1775)
date unknown
- Guillaume Philippe Benoist, French line engraver (died 1770)
- Giuseppe Canale, Italian painter and engraver (died 1802)
- Domenico Cunego, Italian printmaker (died 1803)
- James Gabriel Huquier, French portrait painter and engraver (died 1805)
- Therese Maron, German painter active in Rome (died 1806)
- Nicola Peccheneda, Italian painter (died 1804)
- Antonio Ponz, Spanish painter (died 1792)
- Juan RamÃrez de Arellano, Spanish Baroque painter (died 1782)

February 5 â Christoph Weigel the Elder, German engraver and art dealer (born 1654)
April 18 â Antonio Calza, Italian painter of historical and battle-scenes (born 1658)
May 6 â Bernardo Schiaffino, Italian sculptor (born 1678)
May 23 â Anna Maria Schmilau, Swedish tapestry artist
September 2 â Charles-FranÃ§ois Poerson, French painter (born 1653)
September 11 â Giuseppe Gambarini, Italian painter of frescoes (born 1680)
date unknown
- Gioseffo Maria Bartolini, Italian painter (born 1657)
- Giovanni Girolamo Bonesi, Italian painter (born 1653)
- Bernard Lens II, English engraver, pioneer of mezzotint technique and publisher (born 1659)
probable â Jan Soukens, Dutch Golden Age painter (born c.1650)