1717 In Art

	1717 In Art {{Year nav topic5, 1717, art Events from the year 1717 in art. Events * April 13 – Thomas Coke purchases a marble statue of Artemis/Diana dated to 190–200 AD, believed to be a copy of a mid 4th century BC Hellenistic original, for 900 crowns, making it the most expensive item he acquired for the art collections of Holkham Hall. Paintings * Charles Jervas – Portrait of Isaac Newton * Jean-Marc Nattier – Portraits of Peter the Great and Catherine I of Russia * Enoch Seeman – Portrait of Elihu Yale * Antoine Watteau ''Embarkation for Cythera'' '' Les plaisirs du bal'' (approximate date) Births * February 14 – Jan Palthe, Dutch portrait painter (died 1769) * February 17 – Adam Friedrich Oeser, German etcher, painter and sculptor (died 1799) * April 23 – Pieter Barbiers, Dutch painter (died 1780) * May 4 - Jean-Charles François, French engraver (died 1769) * June 20 – Jacques Saly, French sculptor (died 1776) * August 11 – Giovanni Carlo Galli-Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	April 13 Events Pre-1600 1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire. 1601–1900 1612 – In one of the epic samurai duels in Japanese history, Miyamoto Musashi defeats Sasaki Kojirō at Funajima island. 1613 – Samuel Argall, having captured Pocahontas in Passapatanzy, Virginia, sets off with her to Jamestown with the intention of exchanging her for English prisoners held by her father. 1699 – The Sikh religion is formalised as the Khalsa – the brotherhood of Warrior-Saintsby Guru Gobind Singh in northern India, in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar. 1742 – George Frideric Handel's oratorio ''Messiah'' makes its world premiere in Dublin, Ireland. * 1777 – American Revolutionary War: American forces are ambushed and defeated in the Battle of Bound Brook, New Jersey. * 1829 – The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	February 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau. * 1411 – Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons of Bayezid I, becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire with the support of Mircea I of Wallachia. 1500 – Duke Friedrich and Duke Johann attempt to subdue the peasantry of Dithmarschen, Denmark, in the Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 – On his way to be burned at the stake for heresy, at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, the philosopher Giordano Bruno has a wooden vise put on his tongue to prevent him continuing to speak. 1601–1900 * 1621 – Myles Standish is appointed as first military commander of the English Plymouth Colony in North America. * 1674 – An earthquake strikes the Indonesian island of Ambon. It triggers a megatsunami which drowns over 2,300 people. * 1676 – Sixteen men of Pascual de Iriate's expedition are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1760 In Art Events from the year 1760 in art. Events Autumn – Johann Zoffany moves to London. Galleria nazionale di Parma established. Paintings Thomas Gainsborough ''Anne Ford'' ''The Artist`s Daughters, Molly and Peggy'' ''Sunset'' Tilly Kettle – Self-portrait, his first surviving painting Joshua Reynolds '' Laurence Sterne'' Portrait of Mrs Day Births January 10 – Guillaume Guillon-Lethière, French neoclassical painter (died 1832) January 20 – Ferdinand Bauer, Austrian botanical illustrator (died 1826) March 2 – Christina Charlotta Cederström, Swedish artist, poet, and baroness (died 1832) March 4 – William Payne, English painter, inventor of Payne's grey (died 1830) March 6 – Dora Stock, portrait painter (died 1832) * March 16 – Johann Heinrich Meyer, Swiss painter and art writer (died 1832) April 13 – Thomas Lawrence, English portrait painter (died 1830) May 31 – George Garrard, English artist (died 1826) * June 11 - Maria Cosway, I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Giovanni Carlo Galli-Bibiena Giovanni Carlo Galli-Bibiena (August 11, 1717 - November 20, 1760), was an Italian architect and designer. He was the son of Francesco Galli Bibiena and a member of the Galli da Bibiena family of artists. He was a member of the Accademia Clementina in Bologna. "Artists' Biographies: Galli-Bibiena [Galli da Bibiena]," ''artnet - The art world online'', New York City, NY, 2006, webpage: an-GBibiena ("artnet" is a trademark of artnet Worldwide Corporation). In Bologna, he decorated the staircase of Palazzo Savini and the chapel ''Cappella di San Antonio'' in San Bartolommeo di Porta Ravegnana. Giovanni Carlo also designed a decorative scheme for the high altar of ''San Petronio'', Bologna, for the Bolognese Pope Benedict XIV. In 1752, he was summoned by Joseph, the King of Portugal, to Lisbon, where he designed the Ópera do Tejo adjoining the royal palace, but the opera house was destroyed seven months after completion by the 1755 earthquake. Giovanni Carlo Galli-Bibiena di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

	1717 In Art {{Year nav topic5, 1717, art Events from the year 1717 in art. Events * April 13 – Thomas Coke purchases a marble statue of Artemis/Diana dated to 190–200 AD, believed to be a copy of a mid 4th century BC Hellenistic original, for 900 crowns, making it the most expensive item he acquired for the art collections of Holkham Hall. Paintings * Charles Jervas – Portrait of Isaac Newton * Jean-Marc Nattier – Portraits of Peter the Great and Catherine I of Russia * Enoch Seeman – Portrait of Elihu Yale * Antoine Watteau ''Embarkation for Cythera'' '' Les plaisirs du bal'' (approximate date) Births * February 14 – Jan Palthe, Dutch portrait painter (died 1769) * February 17 – Adam Friedrich Oeser, German etcher, painter and sculptor (died 1799) * April 23 – Pieter Barbiers, Dutch painter (died 1780) * May 4 - Jean-Charles François, French engraver (died 1769) * June 20 – Jacques Saly, French sculptor (died 1776) * August 11 – Giovanni Carlo Galli-Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	April 13 Events Pre-1600 1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire. 1601–1900 1612 – In one of the epic samurai duels in Japanese history, Miyamoto Musashi defeats Sasaki Kojirō at Funajima island. 1613 – Samuel Argall, having captured Pocahontas in Passapatanzy, Virginia, sets off with her to Jamestown with the intention of exchanging her for English prisoners held by her father. 1699 – The Sikh religion is formalised as the Khalsa – the brotherhood of Warrior-Saintsby Guru Gobind Singh in northern India, in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar. 1742 – George Frideric Handel's oratorio ''Messiah'' makes its world premiere in Dublin, Ireland. * 1777 – American Revolutionary War: American forces are ambushed and defeated in the Battle of Bound Brook, New Jersey. * 1829 – The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	February 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau. * 1411 – Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons of Bayezid I, becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire with the support of Mircea I of Wallachia. 1500 – Duke Friedrich and Duke Johann attempt to subdue the peasantry of Dithmarschen, Denmark, in the Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 – On his way to be burned at the stake for heresy, at Campo de' Fiori in Rome, the philosopher Giordano Bruno has a wooden vise put on his tongue to prevent him continuing to speak. 1601–1900 * 1621 – Myles Standish is appointed as first military commander of the English Plymouth Colony in North America. * 1674 – An earthquake strikes the Indonesian island of Ambon. It triggers a megatsunami which drowns over 2,300 people. * 1676 – Sixteen men of Pascual de Iriate's expedition are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1760 In Art Events from the year 1760 in art. Events Autumn – Johann Zoffany moves to London. Galleria nazionale di Parma established. Paintings Thomas Gainsborough ''Anne Ford'' ''The Artist`s Daughters, Molly and Peggy'' ''Sunset'' Tilly Kettle – Self-portrait, his first surviving painting Joshua Reynolds '' Laurence Sterne'' Portrait of Mrs Day Births January 10 – Guillaume Guillon-Lethière, French neoclassical painter (died 1832) January 20 – Ferdinand Bauer, Austrian botanical illustrator (died 1826) March 2 – Christina Charlotta Cederström, Swedish artist, poet, and baroness (died 1832) March 4 – William Payne, English painter, inventor of Payne's grey (died 1830) March 6 – Dora Stock, portrait painter (died 1832) * March 16 – Johann Heinrich Meyer, Swiss painter and art writer (died 1832) April 13 – Thomas Lawrence, English portrait painter (died 1830) May 31 – George Garrard, English artist (died 1826) * June 11 - Maria Cosway, I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Giovanni Carlo Galli-Bibiena Giovanni Carlo Galli-Bibiena (August 11, 1717 - November 20, 1760), was an Italian architect and designer. He was the son of Francesco Galli Bibiena and a member of the Galli da Bibiena family of artists. He was a member of the Accademia Clementina in Bologna. "Artists' Biographies: Galli-Bibiena [Galli da Bibiena]," ''artnet - The art world online'', New York City, NY, 2006, webpage: an-GBibiena ("artnet" is a trademark of artnet Worldwide Corporation). In Bologna, he decorated the staircase of Palazzo Savini and the chapel ''Cappella di San Antonio'' in San Bartolommeo di Porta Ravegnana. Giovanni Carlo also designed a decorative scheme for the high altar of ''San Petronio'', Bologna, for the Bolognese Pope Benedict XIV. In 1752, he was summoned by Joseph, the King of Portugal, to Lisbon, where he designed the Ópera do Tejo adjoining the royal palace, but the opera house was destroyed seven months after completion by the 1755 earthquake. Giovanni Carlo Galli-Bibiena di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]