1723 in art
Events from the year 1723 in art.
Events
- Following Sir Godfrey Kneller's death, the Irish-born Charles Jervas succeeds him as Principal Portrait Painter to King George I of Great Britain.
- Scottish-born painter William Aikman settles in London as a portraitist under the patronage of John Campbell, Duke of Argyll.
- Nishikawa Sukenobu publishes the set of prints One Hundred Women Classified According to their Rank in 2 volumes.
- Sculptor Mario Diamanti begins work on the monumental façade of St. Sebastian, Palazzolo Acreide, Sicily.
Paintings
- William Aikman – Portrait of Lady Anne Cochrane
- Canaletto – Architectural Capriccio
- Thomas Gibson – Portrait of George Vertue
- François Lemoyne – Perseus and Andromeda
- Jean Ranc – The Family of Philip V
- Hyacinthe Rigaud – Portrait of Cardinal Dubois
- Christian Friedrich Zincke – ''Catherine Edwin''
Births
- February 3 – Catherine Read, Scottish portrait-painter
- April 12 – Franz Anton Bustelli, Swiss-born Bavarian porcelain modeller
- May 6 – Ike no Taiga, Japanese painter and calligrapher
- July 2 - Václav Bernard Ambrosi, Czech miniature painter
- July 16 – Joshua Reynolds, English painter, specializing in portraits
- October 17 – Pierre-Antoine Baudouin, French miniature painter and engraver
- October 23 - Pierre-François Basan, French engraver
- November 14 – Johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss landscape painter and etcher
- date unknown
- *Giorgio Anselmi, Italian painter
- *Johann Karl Auerbach, Austrian painter
- *William Baillie, Irish engraver
- *Maria Carowsky, Swedish artist
- *Giovanni Battista Chiappe, Italian painter
- *Gavin Hamilton, Scottish neoclassical history painter
- *Giacomo Leonardis, Italian engraver and etcher
- *Domenico Quaglio the Elder, Italian painter
- *Antonio González Velázquez, Spanish late-Baroque painter
Deaths
- February 11 - Heinrich Meyring, German sculptor
- March – Lancelot Volders, Flemish painter
- October 19 – Sir Godfrey Kneller, English court painter
- December 6 – Amalia Pachelbel, German painter and engraver
- date unknown
- *Giacinto Garofalini, Italian painter
- *Maria Cattarina Locatelli, Italian painter from Bologna
- *Angelo Massarotti, Italian painter active in his native Cremona