1712 in art
The following events happened in art in the year 1712.
Events
- August 15 – The new abbey church at Fulda, with its high altar designed by Johann Neudecker and the stuccoist Giovanni Battista Artari, is dedicated by Prince-Abbot Adalbert von Schleifras.
- Charles-André van Loo travels to Rome to study under Benedetto Luti and Pierre Legros.
- Lorenzo Mattielli settles in Vienna.
Paintings
- Rosalba Carriera – Bacchante with a tambourine
- Giuseppe Maria Crespi – The Seven Sacraments series
- Ádám Mányoki – Portrait of Francis II Rákóczi
- Paolo de Matteis – The Choice of Hercules
- Adriaen van der Werff – ''The Judgement of Paris''
Births
- February 19 – Arthur Devis, English portrait painter, particularly known for his conversation pieces and other such small portraits
- October 5 – Francesco Guardi, Venetian painter of veduta
- October 30 – Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, German painter
- December 11 – Francesco Algarotti, Italian philosopher and art critic date unknown
- * Giuseppe Angeli, Italian painter of the late-baroque active mainly in Venice
- * John Cleveley the Elder, English marine artist
- * Simon Fokke, Dutch designer, etcher, and engraver
- * Nicolas Jean Baptiste Poilly, French draftsman and engraver
- * Toriyama Sekien, scholar and ukiyo-e artist of Japanese folklore
- * Johan Stålbom, Finnish painter who later lived and worked in Sweden
- * Stefano Torelli, Italian painter of altar-pieces and ceiling decorations probable
- * Károly Bebo, Hungarian sculptor, builder and decorator noted for his stucco work
Deaths
- May 30 – Andrea Lanzani, Italian painter for the Habsburg court
- August 23 – Jan Kryštof Liška, Czech Baroque painter
- September 9
- * Jan Jiří Heinsch, Czech-German painter of the Baroque style
- * Jean Mauger, French medallist
- September 12 – Jan van der Heyden, Dutch painter
- November 26 – Pietro Dandini, Italian painter of the Baroque period active in Florence date unknown
- * Louis Audran, French engraver
- * Andrea Celesti, Venetian painter
- * Giovanni Evangelista Draghi, Italian painter of the Baroque period
- * Buhurizade Mustafa Itri, Ottoman-Turkish musician, composer, calligrapher, singer and poet
- * Francesco Monti (il Brescianino), Italian painter of battle scenes
- * Lars Myra, Finnish painter
- * Michelangelo Palloni, Italian painter