1728 in art

Events

• October 20 – Copenhagen Fire of 1728: The worst fire in the history of Copenhagen breaks out. It lasts for 3 days and destroys important cultural treasures such as the University of Copenhagen library and original Baroque interiors of the Reformed Church, Copenhagen.
• Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin is admitted to the Royal Academy.
• William Hogarth begins painting scenes from The Beggar's Opera.

Paintings

• Canaletto
• * View of Church of San Giovanni dei Battuti on the Isle of Murano
• * View of the Isles of San Michele, San Cristoforo and Murano from the Fondamenta Nuove
• Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin – ''Der Roschen''

Births

• March 12 – Anton Raphael Mengs, German painter
• April 20 – Nicolas Henri Joseph de Fassin, Belgian landscape painter
• May 24 – Jean-Baptiste Pillement, Rococo painter, designer and engraver
• July 1 – Nicolas-Guy Brenet, French historical painter date unknown
• * Johan Alm, Finnish painter and field sergeant
• * Pietro Bardellino – Italian painter
• * Fabio Berardi, Italian engraver
• * Charles Catton, English painter
• * John Clayton, English painter
• * Nathan Drake, English painter
• * Ubaldo Gandolfi, Italian painter
• * Johan Philip Korn, Swedish painter
• * Marie-Thérèse Reboul, French painter of natural history, still lifes, and flowers

Deaths

• January 26 – Paolo de Matteis, Italian painter who worked for the Spanish Viceroy of Naples
• April 21 – Cardinal Filippo Antonio Gualterio, art collector
• September 21 – Francis Place, English gentleman draughtsman, potter, engraver and printmaker
• November 27 – Santi Prunati, Italian painter of many churches in and around Verona
• December 8 – Camillo Rusconi, Italian sculptor date unknown
• * Isaac Paling, Dutch Golden Age painter
• * Yang Jin, Chinese painter during the Qing Dynasty