1798 in art

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Contents

1 Events
2 Works
3 Births
4 Deaths

Events

Alois Senefelder invents litography.

Works

Cupid and Psyche

Artist	François Pascal Simon, Baron Gérard
Year	1798
Type	Oil-on-canvas
Dimensions	186 cm × 132 cm (73 in × 52 in)
Location	Louvre

William Beechey – George III and the Prince of Wales reviewing troops
François Gérard – Cupid and Psyche
Antoine-Jean Gros – Le pont d'Arcole

Births

February 17 – Josef Navrátil, Bohemian painter of paintings, murals, and frescos (d. 1865)
April 26 – Eugène Delacroix, Romantic painter (d. 1863)
June 22 – Ditlev Blunck, Danish painter (d. 1854)
July 16 – Abbondio Sangiorgio, Italian sculptor (d. 1879)
July 29 – Carl Blechen, German painter, specializing in fantastic landscapes with demons and grotesque figures (d. 1840)
October 13 – Herman Wilhelm Bissen, sculptor (d. 1868)
October 24 – Massimo d'Azeglio, Italian statesman, novelist and painter (d. 1866)
date unknown
- James Eights, scientist and watercolour painter (d. 1882)
- James Duffield Harding, English landscape painter (d. 1863)
- Demeter Laccataris, Austro-Hungarian portrait painter of Greek origin (d. 1864)
- Henry O'Neill, Irish artist and archaeologist (d. 1880)

Deaths

January 4 – Gavin Hamilton, Scottish neoclassical history painter (b. 1723)
May 25 – Asmus Jacob Carstens, Danish-German (b. 1754)
October 30 – Anton Hickel, Bohemian painter (b. 1745)
date unknown
- Richard Newton, caricaturist (b. 1777)
- Innocenzo Spinazzi, sculptor (b. 1726)
- Mikhail Shibanov, Russian painter (b. unknown)
- Vincenzio Vangelisti, Italian engraver (b. 1740)