1694 in art

Events

• Fair, from a copy of the 14th century Siyar-i Nabi (Life of the Profet) of al-Zarir, Istanbul, Turkey, is made. It is now kept at New York Public Library, New York Spencer Collection.

Paintings

• (unknown)

Births

• Pietro Bianchi – Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Genoa and Rome (d. 1740)
• Charles-Antoine Coypel – French painter, art commentator, and playwright (d. 1752)
• Daniel Gran – Austrian painter of frescoes and altar paintings (d. 1757)
• Ottone Hamerani – Italian medallist (d. 1761)
• Pierre-Jean Mariette, art collector (d. 1774)
• Vincenzo Meucci – Italian painter with many patrons, including Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici (d. 1766)
• Giuseppe Pedretti – Italian painter of lunettes and altarpieces (d. 1770)
• John Michael Rysbrack – Flemish sculptor (d. 1770)
• Antonio Sacchi – Italian painter of the Baroque period (b. unknown)
• John Vanderbank – English portrait painter and book illustrator (d. 1739)

Deaths

• July 25 – Hishikawa Moronobu, Japanese painter (b. 1618)
• December 2 – Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (b. 1620)
• Gabriel de la Corte – Spanish painter (b. 1648)
• John Michael Wright – British baroque portrait painter (b. 1617)
• Filippo Lauri – Italian painter, became the Principe or director of the Accademia di San Luca (b. 1623)
• Giacomo Lauri – Italian engraver of the Baroque period (b. 1623)
• Giovanni Peruzzini – Italian painter of lunettes and religious themed works (b. 1629)
• Ludovico Trasi – Italian painter of the Baroque period, born and active in Ascoli Piceno (b. 1634)
• Martin Desjardins – French sculptor and stuccoist of Dutch birth (b. 1637)
• Emmanuel Tzanes – Greek Renaissance painter (b. 1637)