1758 in art
Events from the year 1758 in art.
Events
- Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, establishes a Kupferstich- und Zeichnungskabinett in the Mannheim Palace, predecessor of the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München.
Works
Image:George II by Shakelton.JPG|thumb|200px|George II by Shackleton – this painting was given by the artist in May 1758 to the Foundling Hospital in London, in return for which he was elected a governor and guardian.- Pompeo Batoni
- * Portrait of the Earl of Northampton
- * Portrait of Pope Clement
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- François-Hubert Drouais
- * The Comte and Chevalier de Choiseul as Savoyards
- * Portrait of the Comte de Vaudreuil
- Joshua Reynolds – Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond
- Louis-François Roubiliac – Statue of Shakespeare
- John Shackleton – George II
- Samuel Scott – ''Old London Bridge''
Births
- March 14 – Franz Bauer, Austrian microscopist and botanical artist
- April 4
- * John Hoppner, English portrait painter
- * Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, French painter
- June 18 – Robert Bowyer, English miniature painter and publisher
- June 19 – Raffaello Sanzio Morghen, Italian engraver
- August 14 – Carle Vernet, French painter
- September 9 – Alexander Nasmyth, Scottish painter
- October 22 - Friedrich Rehberg, German portrait and historical painter
- December 31 – Johann Heinrich Bleuler, Swiss painter date unknown
- * William Billingsley, English painter of porcelain
- * James Fittler, English engraver
- * Hyewon, Korean painter of the Joseon Dynasty
- * Moritz Kellerhoven, Austrian painter
- * Ryōkan, Japanese Sōtō Zen Buddhist monk poet and calligrapher
- * – Francesco Piranesi, Italian engraver and architect
Deaths
- February 28 – Francesco Maria Raineri, Italian sculptor of battle scenes, landscapes, and vedute with historical or mythologic figures
- March 2 – Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German painter and a prime stucco plasterer during the Baroque
- June 27 – Michelangelo Unterberger, Austrian painter of religious themes
- August - François Hutin, French painter, sculptor and engraver
- August 24 – Bartolomeo Nazari, Italian portraitist of the late-Baroque
- September 9 – Isak Wacklin, Finnish painter
- October – Michael Ford, Irish mezzotint engraver
- October 19 – Agostino Masucci, Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period date unknown
- * Ciro Adolfi, Italian painter of the Baroque period
- * George Bickham the Elder, English writing master and engraver
- * Elizabeth Blackwell, Scottish botanical illustrator and author
- * Giuseppe Dallamano, Italian painter of quadratura in Turin
- * Alonso Miguel de Tovar, Spanish painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period