1716 in art

Events

• A sculpture park begins to be established in the Summer Garden at Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Paintings

• Sir Godfrey Kneller – Portrait of Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Princess of Wales
• James Thornhill – hall ceiling at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
• Adriaen van der Werff – ''The Judgement of Paris''

Births

• March 19 – Guillaume Coustou the Younger, painter
• March 25 – Alexei Antropov, Russian barocco painter
• April 5 – Jeremiah Theus, Swiss-born American painter, primarily of portraits
• June 18 – Joseph-Marie Vien, French painter
• December 1 – Étienne Maurice Falconet, French Rococo sculptor date unknown
• * Fedor Leontyevich Argunov, Russian painter
• * Yosa Buson, Japanese poet and painter from the Edo period
• * Jacques Fabien Gautier d'Agoty, French painter and printmaker
• * Luis Egidio Meléndez, Spanish still-life painter
• * Johann Georg Ziesenis, German-Danish portrait painter probable
• * Bartolomeo Cavaceppi, Italian sculptor who worked in Rome
• * Christian Ulrik Foltmar, Danish wallpaper weaver, painter of miniatures and organist

Deaths

• February 3 – Giuseppe Alberti, Italian painter
• March 15 - Gilliam van der Gouwen, Flemish engraver
• March 22 – Philippe Lallemand, French portrait painter
• April 23 – Justus van Huysum, Dutch Golden Age flower painter
• June 2 – Ogata Kōrin, Japanese painter and lacquerer
• August 5 – Teresa del Po, Italian painter and engraver
• September 19 – Louis Du Guernier, French engraver
• November 16 – Pierre Lepautre, French ornemaniste and engraver
• December 13 – Charles de La Fosse, French painter
• December 18 – Jan Van Cleef, Flemish painter date unknown
• * Philippe Caffieri, Italian decorative sculptor
• * Giovanni Canti, Italian painter
• * Juan Correa, Mexican painter of primarily religious themes
• * Stefano Erardi, Maltese painter
• * Garret Morphy, Irish painter of portraits, genre scenes and landscapes
• * Sante Vandi, Italian portrait painter