1767 in art

Events

• Canaletto (1697–1768) spends his last full year painting, in Venice.

Paintings

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Swing (French: Les hasards heureux de l'escarpolette), Wallace Collection, London

• Jean-Honoré Fragonard – The Swing
• Joshua Reynolds – Elizabeth, Lady Amherst

Births

• January 5 - Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, French painter (died 1824)
• February 18 - John Glover, landscape painter (died 1849)
• March 17 - Charles Peale Polk, portrait painter (died 1822)
• April 11 - Jean-Baptiste Isabey, French painter (died 1855)
• April 24 - Jacques-Laurent Agasse, animal and landscape painter (died 1849)
• date unknown
  • Immanuel Alm, Finnish painter of primarily religious-themed works (died 1809)
  • Ulrika Melin, textile artist and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Art (died 1834)

Deaths

• October 2 - Louise-Magdeleine Horthemels (born 1686)
• August 17 - Gaspare Diziani, Italian Roccoco painter (born 1689)
• August 28 - Giacomo Ceruti, Italian painter of peasants (born 1698)
• June 14 - Antonio Elenetti, Italian painter (born unknown)
• November 6 - Giambattista Pittoni, Italian painter of religious, historical, and mythological subjects (born 1687)
• date unknown
  • Pietro Antonio Magatti, Italian painter known for paintings and frescoes in his hometown of Milan (born 1691)
  • Ferdinando Porta, Italian painter and engraver (born 1689)
  • Clemente Ruta, Italian painter specializing in landscapes with pen and watercolor (born 1668)
  • Thomas Smith (Derby), landscape painter and father of John Raphael Smith of Derby (born unknown)
  • Giuseppe Zocchi, Italian veduta painter and printmaker (born 1711)