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 ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") and his brother Prince Henry.
• Nicolas de Largillière (Paris) 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 (died 1782)
• January 17 – Giovanni Antonio Zaddei, Italian painter of altarpieces, mainly active in Ferrara (died unknown)
• March 24 – Simon Mathurin Lantara, French landscape painter (died 1778)
• April 13 – Rienk Jelgerhuis, Dutch painter, engraver and draftsman (died 1806)
• May 7 – Pierre-Joseph Lion, Belgian painter (died 1809)
• date unknown
  • Joseph Antony Adolph, Moravian painter (died 1762)
  • Jean-Baptiste Defernex, French sculptor especially of portrait busts (died 1783)
  • Jean-Baptiste-Henri Deshays, French painter (died 1765)
  • Vinzenz Fischer, Austrian historical painter and professor of architecture (died 1810)
  • Saverio Gandini, Italian painter (died 1796)
  • James MacArdell, Irish engraver of mezzotints (died 1765)
  • Hughes Taraval, French painter (died 1785)

Deaths

• January 21 – Marco Ricci, Italian veduta painter (born 1676)
• March 2 – Peter Van Dievoet, Belgian sculptor and designer of ornamental architectural features (born 1661)
• March 9 – Henrietta Johnston, early American pastellist (born 1670)
• April 26 – John Nost, Flemish sculptor especially utilizing lead (born unknown)
• August 22 – Torii Kiyonobu I, Japanese painter and printmaker in the ukiyo-e style, especially on Kabuki signboards (born 1664)
• October 2 - Arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter (born 1669)
• October 22 - Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl, Swedish painter of allegories, portraits and group portraits (born 1666)
• November 16 - Alessandro Specchi, Italian architect and engraver (born 1668)
• December 24 – Marcantonio Franceschini, Italian painter of religious and mythological subjects (born 1648)
• date unknown
  • Scipione Angelini, Italian painter of still-lifes (born 1661)
  • Panagiotis Doxaras, Greek painter who founded the Heptanese School of Greek art (born 1662)
  • Lorenzo Fratellini, Italian painter of miniature portraits (born 1690)
  • Cristóbal de León, Spanish painter of monastic portraits (born unknown)
  • Krzysztof Lubieniecki – Polish Baroque painter and engraver (born 1659)