1729 in art
Events from the year 1729 in art.
Events
- Works of art from Rome arrive in Dresden, leading to the establishment of the Skulpturensammlung.
- Pierre-Jean Mariette publishes the first volume of the Cabinet Crozat, a catalogue of works in the collection of Pierre Crozat.
Paintings
- William Hogarth paints Act III of The Beggar's Opera.
- François Lemoyne paints Pygmalion Watching his Statue Come to Life.
- Antonio David paints portraits of Prince Charles Edward Stuart and his brother Prince Henry.
- Nicolas de Largillière paints a portrait of Elizabeth Throckmorton.
- Andreas Møller probably paints a portrait of the Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria.
- A painter of the "Nasini circle" paints the Miracle of San Vincenzo Ferrer.
Births
- January 5 – Paulus Constantijn la Fargue, Dutch painter, etcher and draftsman
- January 17 – Giovanni Antonio Zaddei, Italian painter of altarpieces, mainly active in Ferrara
- March 24 – Simon Mathurin Lantara, French landscape painter
- April 13 – Rienk Jelgerhuis, Dutch painter, engraver and draftsman
- May 7 – Pierre-Joseph Lion, Belgian painter date unknown
- * Joseph Antony Adolph, Moravian painter
- * Jean-Baptiste Defernex, French sculptor especially of portrait busts
- * Jean-Baptiste-Henri Deshays, French painter
- * Vinzenz Fischer, Austrian historical painter and professor of architecture
- * Saverio Gandini, Italian painter
- * James MacArdell, Irish engraver of mezzotints
- * Hughes Taraval, French painter
Deaths
- January 21 – Marco Ricci, Italian veduta painter
- March 2 – Peter Van Dievoet, Belgian sculptor and designer of ornamental architectural features
- March 9 – Henrietta Johnston, early American pastellist
- April 26 – John Nost, Flemish sculptor especially utilizing lead
- August 22 – Torii Kiyonobu I, Japanese painter and printmaker in the ukiyo-e style, especially on Kabuki signboards
- October 2 - Arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter
- October 22 - Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl, Swedish painter of allegories, portraits and group portraits
- November 16 - Alessandro Specchi, Italian architect and engraver
- December 24 – Marcantonio Franceschini, Italian painter of religious and mythological subjects date unknown
- * Scipione Angelini, Italian painter of still-lifes
- * Panagiotis Doxaras, Greek painter who founded the Heptanese School of Greek art
- * Lorenzo Fratellini, Italian painter of miniature portraits
- * Cristóbal de León, Spanish painter of monastic portraits
- * Krzysztof Lubieniecki – Polish Baroque painter and engraver