Births: • Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Art: • Canaletto (1697-1768): Canal Grande da San Vio, Venezia (1723-24) • Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770): Madonna col Bambino (c.1720-25)
Joshua Reynolds
(1723–1792) Sir Joshua Reynolds, RA, FRS, FRSA The artist’s works: A Caricature Group c.1751 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Self-Portrait when Young 1753–1758 Tate Britain, London Frances, Countess of Dartmouth 1756 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Portrait of a Clergyman 1756–1760 Museo del Prado, Madrid David…
1788
Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) • Charles IV, King of Spain (1788-1808) Births: • Byron, George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824) Deaths: • Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Music: • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Symphony No. 40 (1788) • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Symphony…
1727
Births: • Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Art: • Canaletto (1697-1768): La Dogana a Venezia (c.1724-30) • Canaletto (1697-1768): La Riva degli Schiavoni a Venezia (c.1724-30) • Canaletto (1697-1768): Ricevimento dell’Ambasciatore francese (1726-27)
Thomas Gainsborough
(1727–1788) The artist’s works: Conversation in a Park c.1746–1748 Musée du Louvre, Paris Landscape in Suffolk c.1748 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Portrait of the Artist with his Wife and Daughter c.1748 National Gallery, London View in Suffolk c.1755 Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis A…
1793
Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) • Charles IV, King of Spain (1788-1808) • George Washington, 1st President of the United States (1789-1797) Events: • Musée des Beaux-Arts established in Nancy. • Musée du Louvre established in Paris. Deaths: • Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) •…
1712
Births: • Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) • Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778) Deaths: • Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) Music: • Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): La Stravaganza (1712-13) • Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Stabat Mater (1712) Art: • Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712): Library Interior with Still Life (1711-12)…
Francesco Guardi
(1712–1793) Francesco Lazzaro Guardi The artist’s works: Il sacrificio di Isacco 1750s Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Veduta del Canal Grande 1756–1760 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Veduta del Canal Grande verso Rialto 1756–1760 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Veduta del Canale della…
1780
Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) Births: • Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) • Pauline Bonaparte, Princess Borghese (1780-1825) Deaths: • Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Architecture: • Gads Hill Place, Higham (England) Art: • Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806): Garçon dans une cape bordée de rouge (1780s)…
1721
Births: • Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) • Pompadour, Madame de (1721-1764) Deaths: • Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Art: • Canaletto (1697-1768): Paesaggio con rovine (c.1721-22) • Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770): Madonna col Bambino (c.1720-25) • Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770): Scipione l’Africano libera Massiva (1719-21) •…