1704 in art
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- Paolo Alessandro MaffeiPaolo Alessandro MaffeiPaolo Alessandro Maffei was an antiquarian with a humanist education, who was active in Rome. Maffei was the son of Paolo Maffei and his wife Giovanna di Raffaele, both of patrician families of Volterra...
- Engraving of Menelaus supporting the body of PatroclusMenelaus supporting the body of PatroclusThe marble sculpture usually given the rather arbitrary title Menelaus supporting the body of Patroclus due to its apparent representation of an episode in the Iliad, has had a complicated artistic and social history that illustrates the degree to which free improvisatory restorations were made to...
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- February 15 – Jean-Baptiste LemoyneJean-Baptiste LemoyneJean-Baptiste Lemoyne was a French sculptor, among the greatest French portraitists. He was the pupil of his father, Jean-Louis Lemoyne, and of Robert Le Lorrain....
, French sculptor (d. 17781778 in art-Paintings:* John Singleton Copley - Watson and the Shark* Goya - Children With a Cart* Gilbert Stuart - Self-portrait-Births:*January 1 - Charles Alexandre Lesueur, artist and explorer...
) - May/June – Johann Baptist StraubJohann Baptist StraubJohann Baptist Straub was a German Rococo sculptor.-Biography:Straub was born in Wiesensteig, into a family of sculptors. His father Johann George Straub and his brothers Philipp Jakob, Joseph, and Johann Georg Straub were also sculptors, as was his nephew Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. J. B...
– German RococoRococoRococo , also referred to as "Late Baroque", is an 18th-century style which developed as Baroque artists gave up their symmetry and became increasingly ornate, florid, and playful...
sculptor (d. 17841784 in art-Works:*Jacques-Louis David – painting Oath of the Horatii-Births:*January 21 – Peter De Wint, English landscape painter *February 29 – Leo von Klenze, German neoclassicist architect, painter and writer...
) - September 5 – Maurice Quentin de La TourMaurice Quentin de La TourMaurice Quentin de La Tour was a French Rococo portraitist who worked primarily with pastels. Among his most famous subjects were Voltaire, Rousseau, Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour.-Biography:...
, French Rococo portraitPortraitthumb|250px|right|Portrait of [[Thomas Jefferson]] by [[Rembrandt Peale]], 1805. [[New-York Historical Society]].A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness,...
ist who worked primarily with pastelPastelPastel is an art medium in the form of a stick, consisting of pure powdered pigment and a binder. The pigments used in pastels are the same as those used to produce all colored art media, including oil paints; the binder is of a neutral hue and low saturation....
s (d. 17881788 in art-Works:*Jacques-Louis David - Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and His Wife*Francisco Goya - The Meadow of San Isidro*Francisco Goya - St. Francis of Borja Attending a Dying Man-Births:...
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- Robert GillowRobert GillowRobert Gillow was an English furniture manufacturer.Born in Singleton, Lancashire he served an apprenticeship as a joiner and cabinet maker. He joined with a family of traders called Sattersthwaite and sailed with them to the West Indies as a ships carpenter. In Jamaica he became interested in...
, furniture designer (d. 17721772 in art-Events:*King George III of the United Kingdom appoints Benjamin West official painter to the court.-Works:* John Singleton Copley – Samuel Adams, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston*Fyodor Rokotov – Portrait of Alexandra Struyskaya-Births:...
) - Francesco AppianiFrancesco AppianiFrancesco Appiani was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Rome and Perugia. He was a pupil of Domenico Simonetti. Among his works, are a Death of San Domenico painted for San Sisto Vecchio, and for works in both Perugia and Assisi. He also painted lunettes for a church...
– ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
painter of the late-BaroqueBaroqueThe Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
period, active mainly in RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
and PerugiaPerugiaPerugia is the capital city of the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the River Tiber, and the capital of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area....
(d. 17921792 in art-Events:*François-André Vincent becomes a professor at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in Paris.-Births:*February 24 – István Ferenczy, Hungarian sculptor *June 16 – John Linnell, English landscape painter...
) - Gaetano LapisGaetano LapisGaetano Lapis was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period.He was born in Cagli and trained under Sebastiano Conca. He painted a Birth of Venus for the ceiling of the Palazzo Borghese in Rome.-References:...
– Italian painter of the late-BaroqueBaroqueThe Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
period (d. 17761776 in art-Births:*February 16 – Abraham Raimbach, engraver *March 30 – Vasily Andreevich Tropinin, painter * June 11 – John Constable, English romantic painter...
) - Pierre L'EnfantPierre L'Enfant (painter)Pierre L'Enfant was a French painter.Born at Anet, L'Enfant was Charles Parrocel's student and was admitted to the Académie de peinture et de sculpture in 1745. His specialties were battle scenes and landscapes...
– FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
(d. 17871787 in art-Works:* Jacques-Louis David's painting Death of Socrates was completed.* Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun's painting Marie Antoinette and Her Children was completed.*John Trumbull – Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec.-Births:...
) - Johann Georg PlatzerJohann Georg PlatzerJohann Georg Platzer was an Austrian painter and draughtsman.Platzer was born in Eppan in the County of Tyrol, and came from a family of painters. He painted primarily primarily historical and mythical scenes. Platzer worked with his uncle as a court painter in Passau. He returned to Eppan where...
– AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n painter of primarily historical and mythical scenes (d. 17611761 in art-Births:*January 24 – Johann Christian Reinhart, German painter and etcher *May – John Opie, historical and portrait painter *July 5 – Louis-Léopold Boilly, French painter...
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- Robert Gillow
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- February 3 – Antonio MolinariAntonio MolinariAntonio Molinari was an Italian painter of the Baroque era of Venice.Son of a painter, he apprenticed with Antonio Zanchi in Venice. He was strongly influenced by the vigorous and athletic paintings of Neapolitan painters like Luca Giordano. He typically painted tumultuous narratives of mythology...
, VenetianVeniceVenice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
painter of mythology and religious figures (b. 16551655 in art-Paintings:*Nicholas Poussin - St. Peter Healing a Sick Man*Rembrandt - The Polish Rider*Vermeer - Christ in the House of Martha and Mary-Births:...
) - August – Francis BarlowFrancis Barlow (artist)Francis Barlow was an English painter, etcher, and illustrator.-Life:Barlow's first major work was the illustration of Edward Benlowe's Theophila...
, British painter, etcher, and illustrator (b. 16261626 in art-Works:*Rembrandt**The Angel and the Prophet Balaam**Consul Cerialis and the Germanic Legions**A Musical Gathering**The Rest on the Flight to Egypt **Tobit and Anna with the Kid-Births:...
) - October 1 – Cornelis DusartCornelis DusartCornelis Dusart was a Dutch genre painter, draftsman, and printmaker.He was born in Haarlem. Dusart was a pupil of Adriaen van Ostade from about 1675 to 1679, and was accepted into the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1679. His works are similar in style and subject to those of his mentor...
, Dutch genre painter, draftsman, and printmaker (b. 16601660 in art-Births:* Antonio Amorosi – Italian painter of the late-Baroque, active in Ascoli Piceno and Rome * Jakub Bogdan – Slovak still-life painter * Felice Cignani – Italian painter from Bologna , son of Carlo Cignani...
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- Carlo BologniniCarlo BologniniCarlo Bolognini was an Italian painter of the Baroque. He was mentioned in the Abecedario Pittorico of Padre Orlandi, was born at Bologna in 1678 , and was first a pupil of Mauro Aldrovaridini, then worked with Giulio Trogli. He excelled in painting quadratura, and was much employed at...
, Italian painter of quadratura (b. 16781678 in art-Births:*June 3 - Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, Italian painter, sculptor and architect *date unknown**Giovanni Francesco Bagnoli, Italian painter of still-life paintings **Antonio Baroni, Italian painter active in Verona...
) - Egbert van Heemskerck, Dutch painter, also known as Egbert van Heemskerck the Elder (b. 16341634 in art-Paintings:*Claude Lorrain - The Rape of Europa; Goats -Births:*January - Nicolaes Maes, Dutch painter of genre works and portraits *October 18 - Luca Giordano, Italian painter and printmaker in etching *date unknown...
) - Filippo GherardiFilippo GherardiFilippo Gherardi was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.Born in Lucca, he was mostly active in Venice and Rome, where he became a member of the large studio of Pietro da Cortona, often working closely with Giovanni Coli. With Coli, Gherardi was initially a trainee of Pietro Paolini in Lucca...
, Italian painter of frescoFrescoFresco is any of several related mural painting types, executed on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Greek word affresca which derives from the Latin word for "fresh". Frescoes first developed in the ancient world and continued to be popular through the Renaissance...
es (b. 16431643 in art-Paintings: *Alonzo Cano – Ideal portrait of a Spanish King-Births:*date unknown**Giovanni Battista Buonocore, Italian painter **Filippo Gherardi – Italian painter of frescoes...
) - Giovanni MarracciGiovanni MarracciGiovanni Marracci was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, who trained in Rome in the studio of Pietro da Cortona, but worked independently in Lucca and neighboring towns. Among his masterpieces is a Coronation of Santa Teresa...
, Italian painter (b. 16371637 in art-Events:* Claude Lorrain produces a series of etchings of a display of fireworks in Rome.-Paintings:* Claude Lorrain – Seaport and Landscape with a Country Dance* Pieter de Grebber – Elisha refusing the gifts of Naaman-Births:...
) - Cosimo UlivelliCosimo UlivelliCosimo Ulivelli was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Florence. He was a pupil of the painter Baldassare Franceschini. He painted frescoes along the top of the wall of the nave of the church the Santissima Annunziata in Florence.-References:*...
, Italian who painted frescoes for the Santissima Annunziata church (b. 16251625 in art-Works:*Pieter Lastman – The Angel and Tobias with the Fish*Rembrandt – The Stoning of Saint Stephen-Births:*May 13 – Carlo Maratta, Italian painter *November 20 – Paulus Potter, Dutch painter specializing in animals in landscapes...
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- Carlo Bolognini