1727 in art

Events

• Pierre Subleyras, a Provençal painter, wins the Prix de Rome at the age of 28.

Paintings

• Balthasar Denner – Portrait of George Frideric Handel
• Panagiotis Doxaras – Ceiling of Church of Saint Spyridon, Corfu
• Sir James Thornhill – Painted Hall of Royal Hospital for Seamen, Greenwich (1707–27)^[1]
• Approximate date
  • Canaletto – The Stonemason's Yard (Campo S. Vidal and Santa Maria della Carità, Venice)
  • Giovanni Battista Pittoni
    • Allegorical Tomb for Isaac Newton
    • Frescoes with scenes from the life of Diana, palazzetto Widman, Bagnoli di Sopra^[2]

Births

• May 14 – Thomas Gainsborough, English artist (died 1788)
• August 30 - Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Italian painter and printmaker in etching (died 1804)
• December 14 - François-Hubert Drouais, French painter (died 1775)
• date unknown
  • Don Manuel Alvarez, Spanish sculptor (died 1797)
  • Pietro Campana, Spanish engraver (died 1765)
  • Mason Chamberlin, English portrait painter (died 1787)
  • Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Italian painter and engraver (died 1785)
  • Jean-Claude Richard, French painter and engraver (died 1791)
• probable
  • George Hepplewhite, English furniture designer (died 1786)
  • Andrea Toresani, Italian painter and draughtsman of landscapes and portraits (died 1760)

Deaths

• August 27 - Aert de Gelder, Dutch artist in the tradition of Rembrandt (born 1645)
• September 8 - Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari, Italian painter of frescoes (born 1654)
• date unknown
  • Giovanni Antonio Burrini, Bolognese painter of Late-Baroque or Rococo style (born 1656)
  • Matthijs Wulfraet, Dutch Golden Age painter (born 1648)

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