1715 in art

Events from the year 1715 in art.

Events

Paintings

• Thomas Gibson – Portrait of George Vertue
• Sir Godfrey Kneller – 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 – Bouquet of Flowers (Alte Pinakothek, Munich)

Births

• February 22 – Charles-Nicolas Cochin, French engraver, designer, writer, and art critic (died 1790)
• July 4 – Charles Francois Hutin, French history and figure painter, engraver and sculptor (died 1776)
• July 11 – Jean-Joseph Balechou, French engraver (died 1765)
• August 25 – Luis González Velázquez, Spanish late-Baroque painter (died 1763)
• November 5 – Johann Georg Wille, German copper engraver (died 1808)
• November 30 – Johan Jacob Bruun, Danish gouache painter most known for his topographic prospects (died 1789)
• December 11 – Johann Valentin Tischbein, German theatre painter (died 1768)
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  • 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 – Chinese writer, painter and poet (died 1763)

Deaths

• January 5 – Onorio Marinari, Italian painter (born 1627)
• March 11 – Jan-Erasmus Quellinus, Flemish Baroque painter of large altarpieces and histories (born 1634)
• June 12 – Angelo de Rossi, sculptor (born 1671)
• September 1 – 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)
  • Derviş Ali, Ottoman calligrapher (born unknown)
  • François Boitard, French painter (born 1670)
  • Stefano Maria Legnani, Italian painter, active mainly in Milan (born 1660)
  • 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 Duseo, Korean painter and scholar of the Joseon period (born 1668)
  • 1710/1715: Jean Cornu, French sculptor (born 1650)