1712 in art

Overview of the events of 1712 in art

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Events from the year 1712 in art.

## Events

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* August 15 – The new abbey church at Fulda, with its high altar designed by Johann Neudecker and the stuccoist Giovanni Battista Artari, is dedicated by Prince-Abbot Adalbert von Schleifras.
* Charles-André van Loo travels to Rome to study under Benedetto Luti and Pierre Legros.
* Lorenzo Mattielli settles in Vienna.

## Paintings

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* Rosalba Carriera – Bacchante with a tambourine
* Giuseppe Maria Crespi – The Seven Sacraments series
* Ádám Mányoki – Portrait of Francis II Rákóczi
* Paolo de Matteis – The Choice of Hercules (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford)
* Adriaen van der Werff – The Judgement of Paris

## Births

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* February 19 – Arthur Devis, English portrait painter, particularly known for his conversation pieces and other such small portraits (died 1787)
* October 5 – Francesco Guardi, Venetian painter of veduta (died 1793)
* October 30 – Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, German painter (died 1774)
* December 11 – Francesco Algarotti, Italian philosopher and art critic (died 1764)
* date unknown
* Giuseppe Angeli, Italian painter of the late-baroque active mainly in Venice (died 1798)
* John Cleveley the Elder, English marine artist (died 1777)
* Simon Fokke, Dutch designer, etcher, and engraver (died 1784)
* Nicolas Jean Baptiste Poilly, French draftsman and engraver (died 1780)
* Toriyama Sekien, scholar and ukiyo-e artist of Japanese folklore (died 1788)
* Johan Stålbom, Finnish painter who later lived and worked in Sweden (died 1777)
* Stefano Torelli, Italian painter of altar-pieces and ceiling decorations (died 1784)
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* Károly Bebo, Hungarian sculptor, builder and decorator noted for his stucco work (died 1777)

## Deaths

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* May 30 – Andrea Lanzani, Italian painter for the Habsburg court (born 1645)
* August 23 – Jan Kryštof Liška, Czech Baroque painter (born 1650)
* September 9
* Jan Jiří Heinsch, Czech-German painter of the Baroque style (born 1647)
* Jean Mauger, French medallist (born 1648)
* September 12 – Jan van der Heyden, Dutch painter (born 1637)
* November 26 – Pietro Dandini, Italian painter of the Baroque period active in Florence (born 1646)
* date unknown
* Louis Audran, French engraver (born 1670)
* Andrea Celesti, Venetian painter (born 1637)
* Giovanni Evangelista Draghi, Italian painter of the Baroque period (born 1657)
* Buhurizade Mustafa Itri, Ottoman-Turkish musician, composer, calligrapher, singer and poet (born 1640)
* Francesco Monti (il Brescianino), Italian painter of battle scenes (born 1646)
* Lars Myra, Finnish painter (born unknown)
* Michelangelo Palloni, Italian painter (born 1637)

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