1723 In Art

	1723 In Art Events from the year 1723 in art. Events Following Sir Godfrey Kneller's death, the Irish-born Charles Jervas succeeds him as Principal Portrait Painter to King George I of Great Britain. Scottish-born painter William Aikman settles in London as a portraitist under the patronage of John Campbell, Duke of Argyll. Sculptor Mario Diamanti begins work on the monumental façade of St. Sebastian, Palazzolo Acreide, Sicily. Paintings William Aikman – Portrait of Lady Anne Cochrane * Canaletto – ''Architectural Capriccio'' (his first known signed and dated work) * Thomas Gibson – ''Portrait of George Vertue'' * François Lemoyne - ''Perseus and Andromeda'' Jean Ranc – '' The Family of Philip V'' Christian Friedrich Zincke – '' Catherine Edwin'' (miniature) Births February 3 – Catherine Read, Scottish portrait-painter (died 1778) April 12 – Franz Anton Bustelli, Swiss-born Bavarian porcelain modeller (died 1763) * May 6 – Ike no Taiga, Japanese painter and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Godfrey Kneller Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet (born Gottfried Kniller; 8 August 1646 – 19 October 1723), was the leading portrait painter in England during the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and was court painter to Kingdom of England, English and British monarchs from Charles II of England, Charles II to George I of the United Kingdom, George I. His major works include ''The Chinese Convert'' (1687; Royal Collection, London); a series of four portraits of Isaac Newton painted at various junctures of the latter's life; a series of ten reigning European monarchs, including King Louis XIV of France; over 40 "kit-cat portraits" of members of the Kit-Cat Club; and ten "Hampton Court Beauties, beauties" of the court of William III of England, William III, to match a similar series of ten of Charles II's Windsor Beauties, mistresses painted by Kneller's predecessor as court painter, Sir Peter Lely. Early life Kneller was born Gottfried Kniller in the Free City of Lübeck, the son of Za ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	February 3 Events Pre-1600 * 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states. 1451 – Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire. 1488 – Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, becoming the first known European to travel so far south. 1509 – The Portuguese navy defeats a joint fleet of the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Venice, the Sultan of Gujarat, the Mamlûk Burji Sultanate of Egypt, the Zamorin of Calicut, and the Republic of Ragusa at the Battle of Diu in Diu, India. 1583 – Battle of São Vicente takes place off Portuguese Brazil where three English warships led by navigator Edward Fenton fight off three Spanish galleons sinking one in the process. 1601–1900 * 1661 – Maratha forces under Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj defeat the Mughals in the Battle of Umberkhind. 1690 – The colony of Mass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Joshua Reynolds Sir Joshua Reynolds (16 July 1723 – 23 February 1792) was an English painter, specialising in portraits. John Russell said he was one of the major European painters of the 18th century. He promoted the "Grand Style" in painting which depended on idealization of the imperfect. He was a founder and first president of the Royal Academy of Arts, and was knighted by George III in 1769. Early life Reynolds was born in Plympton, Devon, on 16 July 1723 the third son of the Rev. Samuel Reynolds, master of the Plympton Free Grammar School in the town. His father had been a fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, but did not send any of his sons to the university. One of his sisters was Mary Palmer (1716–1794), seven years his senior, author of ''Devonshire Dialogue'', whose fondness for drawing is said to have had much influence on him when a boy. In 1740 she provided £60, half of the premium paid to Thomas Hudson the portrait-painter, for Joshua's pupilage, and nine years later a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	July 16 Events Pre-1600 * 622 – The beginning of the Islamic calendar. * 997 – Battle of Spercheios: Bulgarian forces of Tsar Samuel are defeated by a Byzantine army under general Nikephoros Ouranos at the Spercheios River in Greece. * 1054 – Three Roman legates break relations between Western and Eastern Christian Churches through the act of placing a Papal bull (of doubtful validity) of Excommunication on the altar of Hagia Sophia during Saturday afternoon divine liturgy. Historians frequently describe the event as the formal start of the East–West Schism. 1212 – Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa: After Pope Innocent III calls European knights to a crusade, forces of Kings Alfonso VIII of Castile, Sancho VII of Navarre, Peter II of Aragon and Afonso II of Portugal defeat those of the Berber Muslim leader Almohad, thus marking a significant turning point in the ''Reconquista'' and in the medieval history of Spain. 1228 – The canonization of Saint Francis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1806 In Art Events in the year 1806 in art. Events 18 January – The British Institution opens the former Boydell Shakespeare Gallery in Pall Mall, London, as the "British Gallery", alternating the world's first regular temporary exhibitions of Old Master paintings with sale exhibitions of the work of living artists. Works Antonio Canova – ''Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker'' (bronze nude) * Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson – '' Charles-Marie Bonaparte'' * John Hoppner – Sleeping Venus and Cupid' * Jean-Antoine Houdon �Portrait bust of Napoleon* Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres ' '' Mademoiselle Caroline Rivière'' ** '' Napoleon I on his Imperial Throne'' * Thomas Lawrence – Lady Georgiana Fane' (approximate date) * Henry Raeburn – Lord Newton' (approximate date) * Philipp Otto Runge – '' The Hülsenbeck Children'' * Benjamin West '' The Death of Nelson'' '' Thetis Bringing the Armor to Achilles'' (second version) * David Wilkie '' The Blind Fiddler'' Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Václav Bernard Ambrosi Wenzel Bernhard Ambrozy (2 July 1723 – 26 April 1806) was a Czech painter. Ambrozy, who was born at Kuttenberg, in Bohemia, in 1723, received instruction in art at Prague from his brother Joseph, who was a miniature painter. He was court painter to Maria Theresa, and the last president of the Painters' Guild The Guild of Saint Luke was the most common name for a city guild for painters and other artists in early modern Europe, especially in the Low Countries. They were named in honor of the Evangelist Luke, the patron saint of artists, who was identi ... at Prague. He painted portraits and altar-pieces in oil, but was also famous for his frescoes, which adorn many of the churches and castles of Prague, and other places in Bohemia. He died in 1806. References * 1723 births 1806 deaths People from Kutná Hora People from the Kingdom of Bohemia 18th-century Austrian painters 18th-century Austrian male artists Czech male painters Czech expatriates in Austria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	July 2 Events Pre-1600 * 437 – Emperor Valentinian III begins his reign over the Western Roman Empire. His mother Galla Placidia ends her regency, but continues to exercise political influence at the court in Rome. * 626 – Li Shimin, the future Emperor Taizong of Tang, ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Xuanwu Gate Incident. * 706 – In China, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang inters the bodies of relatives in the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang outside Chang'an. * 866 – Battle of Brissarthe: The Franks led by Robert the Strong are defeated by a joint Breton-Viking army. * 936 – King Henry the Fowler dies in his royal palace in Memleben. He is succeeded by his son Otto I, who becomes the ruler of East Francia. * 963 – The Byzantine army proclaims Nikephoros II Phokas Emperor of the Romans on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea. * 1298 – The Battle of Göllheim is fought between Albert I of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1776 In Art Events from the year 1776 in art. Events * John Robert Cozens sets out on a three-year tour of Switzerland and Italy. Works * Pompeo Batoni – ''General William Gordon of Fyvie'' * Nathaniel Dance-Holland – '' The Dashwoods at West Wycombe Park'' * Jean-Honoré Fragonard – ''A Young Girl Reading'' ''(approximate date)'' * Thomas Gainsborough – '' Portrait of Johann Christian Bach'' * Tilly Kettle – ''The ceremony of a gentoo woman taking leave of her relations and distributing her jewels prior to ascending the funeral pyre of her deceased husband'' * Anton Raphael Mengs �Self-portrait* Sir Joshua Reynolds – '' Huang Ya Dong ('Wang-Y-Tong')'' Births * February 16 – Abraham Raimbach, English engraver (died 1843) * March 30 – Vasily Andreevich Tropinin, Russian painter (died 1857) * April 2 – John Higton, English animal painter (died 1827) * April 13 – Félix Boisselier, French historical painter (died 1811) * June 11 – John Constable, English romantic la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ike No Taiga was a Japanese painter and calligrapher born in Kyoto during the Edo period. Together with Yosa Buson, he perfected the ''bunjinga'' (or '' nanga'') genre. The majority of his works reflected his passion for classical Chinese culture and painting techniques, though he also incorporated revolutionary and modern techniques into his otherwise very traditional paintings. As a ''bunjin'' (文人, literati, man of letters), Ike was close to many of the prominent social and artistic circles in Kyoto, and in other parts of the country, throughout his lifetime. Life Ike no Taiga was born into a poor and socially humble family; his father was a farmer on the outskirts of Kyoto. The family moved into Kyoto proper some years before Taiga's birth, possibly to escape famine. His father found work at the silver mint, which granted his family some small degree of wealth, but he died when Taiga was three years of age. Taiga's widowed mother somehow managed to afford to provide him with good teac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	May 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1527 – Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance. 1536 – The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Spanish. 1541 – King Henry VIII orders English-language Bibles be placed in every church. In 1539 the Great Bible would be provided for this purpose. * 1542 – Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time. 1593 – The Dutch city of Coevorden held by the Spanish, falls to a Dutch and English force. 1601–1900 1659 – English Restoration: A faction of the British Army removes Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and reinstalls the Rump Parliament. 1682 – Louis XIV of France moves his court to the Palace of Versailles. 1757 – Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War. * 1757 – The end of Konbaung ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1763 In Art Events from the year 1763 in art. Events * In Venice Canaletto and Francesco Zuccarelli are elected to the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia. Francesco Guardi begins painting the 12 ''Doge's Feasts'' series. Paintings * François Boucher – '' The Judgement of Paris'' * John Singleton Copley – Portraits of James Warren and Mercy Otis Warren * Francesco Guardi – '' Miracle of a Dominican Saint'' (for San Pietro Martire (Murano)) * Matthäus Günther – Frescos in Benedictine Abbey Church of St. Marinus and St. Anianus, Rott am Inn * George Stubbs (approximate date; Tate Britain) Horse Frightened by Lion' Horse Devoured by a Lion' * Benjamin West – ''Cymon and Iphigenia'' (lost) * Johann Zoffany – ''Three sons of the Earl of Bute'' Image:James Warren.jpg, Copley – ''James Warren'' File:Mrs James Warren (Mercy Otis), by John Singleton Copley.jpg, Copley – ''Mercy Otis Warren'' Births * June 26 – George Morland, English painter of animals and rusti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Franz Anton Bustelli Franz Anton Bustelli (12 April 1723 – 18 April 1763) was a Swiss-born German modeller for the Bavarian Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory from 1754 to his death in 1763. He is widely regarded as the finest modeller of porcelain in the Rococo style: "if the art of European porcelain finds its most perfect expression in the ''rococo'' style, so the style finds its most perfect expression in the work of Bustelli". Bustelli was born in Locarno in Italian-speaking Switzerland, and died in Munich, Bavaria, just after his 40th birthday. Few details of his life are known, but he trained as a sculptor, probably mostly in wood, in Italy. He spoke and wrote German fluently, and may have grown up in Bavaria. Nymphenburg Bustelli joined the Neudeck factory in Munich in 1754, the year after it was established by the local ruler, Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria. That year the elector placed Sigmund Graf von Haimhausen in charge of the factory. The factory moved in 1761 to the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]