1734 in art
Events from the year 1734 in art.
Events
- December 24 – A fire destroys the Royal Alcázar of Madrid, the residence of the Spanish royal family, along with more than 400 valuable paintings and 100 sculptures.
- Painter Charles-Joseph Natoire receives his first royal commission, for the Chambre de la Reine at the Palace of Versailles.
Works
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- * The Game of Knucklebones
- * The House of Cards
- Charles-Joseph Natoire – Venus Demanding Arms from Vulcan for Aeneas
- Bartolomeo Nazari - Portrait of Farinelli
- Peter Scheemakers – Gilded equestrian statue of King William III
Births
- January 10 – Giovanni Pichler, German-Italian artist in engraved gems
- March 9
- * Marie-Suzanne Giroust, French painter
- * Francisco Bayeu y Subías, Spanish painter in the Neoclassical style, primarily of religious and historical themes
- April 1 – Cristoforo Dall'Acqua, Italian painter and engraver
- May 7 – Jean Humbert, Dutch portrait painter
- May 20 – Anton Janša, Slovene apiarist and painter
- July 4 – Jean Henri Riesener, furniture designer
- August 31 – Gaetano Gandolfi, Bolognese painter
- September 3 – Joseph Wright of Derby, British painter
- September 17 – Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, French etcher and painter
- December 15 – George Romney, English painter date unknown
- * Peter Perez Burdett, English draughtsman
- * Samuel Cotes, British painter of miniature portraits and also worked in crayons
- * Francesco Antonio Franzoni, Italian sculptor
- * Moses Haughton the elder, English designer, engraver and painter of portraits and still life
- * Francis Sartorius, painter of horses
Deaths
- February 10 – Jean Raoux, French painter
- March 7 – John Verelst, English portrait painter
- May 4 – James Thornhill, English painter
- May 15 – Sebastiano Ricci, Italian painter in the Cortonesque style of grand manner fresco painting
- May 27 – Claude Audran III, French painter
- September 13 – Tobias Querfurt, German painter, draughtsman, and engraver
- October 5 - Paolo Alboni, Italian painter
- November - Peter Angelis, French painter
- November 21 – Alexis Simon Belle, French portrait painter
- December 5 – Peter Tillemans, Flemish baroque painter, especially of portraiture, landscapes, and works on sporting and military subjects date unknown
- * Giacomo Bolognini, Italian painter of the Baroque
- * Pietro Capelli, Italian painter of the Rococo, active in quadratura
- * Louis de Chastillon, French painter in enamel and miniature, and engraver
- * Andrea Procaccini, Italian painter for the royal family of Philip V
- * Gao Qipei, Chinese painter of landscapes and figures
- * Gaetano Sabatini, Italian draftsman and painter
- * Cornelis Verelst, Dutch flower painter