1719 in art

Events from the year 1719 in art.

Events

• Jean-Baptiste Oudry becomes a member of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture.

Works

Antoine Watteau, commedia dell'arte player Pierrot, c. 1718–19, (traditionally identified as "Gilles") (Louvre)

• Davies brothers of Wrexham – Chirk Castle gates (wrought iron)
• Antoine Watteau – Pierrot

Births

• February 27 – Alejandro González Velázquez, Spanish late-Baroque architect and painter (died 1772)
• May 29 – Lorenzo De Caro, Neapolitan painter (died 1777)
• August 25 – Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (died 1795)
• September 16 – Étienne Ficquet, French engraver (died 1794)
• October 13 – Josef Ignaz Mildorfer, Austrian painter (died 1775)
• date unknown
  • Dominic Serres, French-born painter of naval maritime scenes (died 1793)
  • Angelica Le Gru Perotti, Italian painter of the Rococo (died 1776)
  • Liu Yong, Chinese politician and calligrapher in the Qing Dynasty (died 1804)

Deaths

• May 3 – Pierre Le Gros the Younger, French sculptor, active in Baroque Rome (born 1666)
• May 7 – Sebastiano Bombelli, Italian Baroque painter, mainly in Venice (born 1635)
• July 22 – Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole, Italian landscape painter and engraver from Bologna (born 1654)
• August 8 – Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (born 1667)
• September – Jan Weenix, Dutch painter (born 1642)
• September 6 – Carlo Cignani, Italian painter of the Bolognese school (born 1628)
• October 14 – Arnold Houbraken, Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht (born 1660)
• October 15 – Jan Mortel, Dutch painter (born 1650)
• November 2 – Georg Johann Mattarnovi, German sculptor and architect active in St Petersburg (date of birth unknown)
• November 19 – Hendrick van Streeck, Dutch Golden Age painter of church interiors (born 1659)
• date unknown
  • Jan Baptist Brueghel, Flemish Baroque flower painter (born 1647)
  • José García Hidalgo, Spanish Baroque painter (born 1646)
  • Johann Ulrich Kraus, German illustrator, engraver and publisher (born 1655)
  • Arnold Frans Rubens, Flemish Baroque painter specialized in cabinet pictures of landscapes and battle scenes (born 1687)
  • Giuseppe Antonio Torricelli, Italian sculptor and gem-engraver of the late Baroque, active in Florence (born 1662)