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''
Births
- February 22 – Charles-Nicolas Cochin, French engraver, designer, writer, and art critic
- July 4 – Charles Francois Hutin, French history and figure painter, engraver and sculptor
- July 11 – Jean-Joseph Balechou, French engraver
- August 25 – Luis González Velázquez, Spanish late-Baroque painter
- November 5 – Johann Georg Wille, German copper engraver
- November 30 – Johan Jacob Bruun, Danish gouache painter most known for his topographic prospects
- December 11 – Johann Valentin Tischbein, German theatre painter probable
- * Pierre-Philippe Mignot, French sculptor
- * Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, French painter who specialized in portraits executed in pastels
- * Gervase Spencer, English miniaturist
- * Cao Xueqin – Chinese writer, painter and poet
Deaths
- January 5 – Onorio Marinari, Italian painter
- March 11 – Jan-Erasmus Quellinus, Flemish Baroque painter of large altarpieces and histories
- June 12 – Angelo de Rossi, sculptor
- September 1 – Francois Girardon, French sculptor
- November 16 - Jacques d'Agar, French portrait painter date unknown
- * Filippo Abbiati, Italian painter of the Baroque period
- * Derviş Ali, Ottoman calligrapher
- * François Boitard, French painter
- * Elizabeth Haselwood, English silversmith
- * Philippe Magnier, French sculptor
- * Michelangelo Ricciolino, Italian church painter of the Baroque period
- * Gian Domenico Valentini, Italian painter of still life
- * Wang Yuanqi, Chinese painter of the Qing dynasty, member of the Four Wangs
- * Yun Tusŏ, Korean painter and scholar of the Joseon period
- * 1710/1715: Jean Cornu, French sculptor