1725 in art
Events from the year 1725 in art.
Events
- January 20 – The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna is refounded by Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, as the k.k. Hofakademie der Maler, Bildhauer und Baukunst, under the direction of the French-born court painter Jacob van Schuppen.
- A number of artists including Juan Vicente Ribera are appointed by the Council of Castile to develop a tax structure for artworks
Paintings
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- * Doge's Palace
- * Entrance to the Grand Canal: Looking East
- * The Grand Canal from Rialto toward the North
- * The Grand Canal near the Ponte di Rialto
- * The Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge in the Background
- * Rio dei Mendicanti: Looking South
- * Santi Giovanni e Paolo and the Scuola di San Marco
- Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin – The Skate
- Philippe Mercier – The Schutz Family and Their Friends on a Terrace
- Sebastiano Ricci – Apotheosis of Saint Sebastian
- Jacob de Wit – Hercules on Mount Olympus
- Johann Michael Rottmayr – Dome fresco, Karlskirche, Vienna
- Francesco Solimena - ''The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple''
Births
- January 16 – Johann Anton de Peters, German painter and etcher
- February 17 – Joseph Ignatz Sadler, Czech fresco painter
- May 16 – Peder Als, Danish historical and portrait painter
- June 3 – Christoph Friedrich Reinhold Lisiewski, German portrait painter
- July 1 – Rhoda Delaval, English portrait painter
- August 21 – Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter
- September 7 – William Duesbury, English enameller and entrepreneur
- September 25 – Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian engraver
- October 7 – Francis Swaine, English marine painter
- November 22 – Ignaz Günther, German sculptor and woodcarver within the Bavarian rococo tradition date unknown
- * Guillaume Philippe Benoist, French line engraver
- * Giuseppe Canale, Italian painter and engraver
- * Domenico Cunego, Italian printmaker
- * James Gabriel Huquier, French portrait painter and engraver
- * Therese Maron, German painter active in Rome
- * Nicola Peccheneda, Italian painter
- * Antonio Ponz, Spanish painter
- * Juan Ramírez de Arellano, Spanish Baroque painter
Deaths
- February 5 – Christoph Weigel the Elder, German engraver and art dealer
- March 2 – José Benito de Churriguera, Spanish architect and sculptor
- April 18 – Antonio Calza, Italian painter of historical and battle-scenes
- May 6 – Bernardo Schiaffino, Italian sculptor
- May 23 – Anna Maria Schmilau, Swedish tapestry artist
- September 2 – Charles-François Poerson, French painter
- September 11 – Giuseppe Gambarini, Italian painter of frescoes
- October – José de Mora, Spanish sculptor date unknown
- * Gioseffo Maria Bartolini, Italian painter
- * Giovanni Girolamo Bonesi, Italian painter
- * Bernard Lens II, English engraver, pioneer of mezzotint technique and publisher probable – Jan Soukens, Dutch Golden Age painter