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