1689 in art

Events

• King William III of England commissions the Cartoon Gallery at Hampton Court Palace from Sir Christopher Wren to house Raphael's drawings of the Acts of the Apostles.
• John Riley is appointed court painter to William III and Mary II in England.

Paintings

• Meindert Hobbema – The Avenue at Middelharnis
• Godfrey Kneller – Portrait of Isaac Newton
• Jan Wyck – ''The Siege of Oxford''

Births

• July – Szymon Czechowicz, Polish painter
• November 24 – Frans van Mieris jr., Dutch painter date unknown
• * Jiao Bingzhen, Chinese painter of the Qing dynasty
• * Giovanni Casini, Italian portrait painter as well as a sculptor
• * Gaspare Diziani, Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Roccoco period
• * Ferdinando Porta, Italian painter and engraver
• * Franz de Paula Ferg, Austrian landscape painter
• * Agostino Veracini, Italian painter and engraver
• * Johann Salomon Wahl, German painter who became court painter in Denmark

Deaths

• January 6 – Baldassare Franceschini, Italian painter of frescoes
• June 10 – Christophe Veyrier, French sculptor
• June 21 – Thomas Blanchet, French painter, draughtsman, architect, sculptor and printmaker
• August 9 – Dionisio Lazzari, Italian sculptor and architect
• September 13 – Ciro Ferri, Italian Baroque painter
• November 3 – Fyodor Zubov, Russian painter, engraver, miniaturist and illuminator
• November 12 – Justus de Verwer, Dutch painter and illustrator
• November 16 – Cornelis Mahu, Flemish painter date unknown
• * Alexander Coosemans, Flemish Baroque still-life painter
• * Fabio Cristofari, Italian Baroque painter and mosaicist
• * Gioseffo Danedi, Italian painter
• * Charles Errard, French painter, architect and engraver
• * Gong Xian, Chinese painter
• * William Lodge, English engraver and printmaker
• * Pietro Montanini, Italian painter
• * Cristoforo Serra, Italian painter who was also a militia captain in the Papal troops