title: 1763 in art
text: # 1763 in art
  
  Events from the year 1763 in art.
  
  ## Events
  
  * In Venice
     * Canaletto and Francesco Zuccarelli are elected to the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia.
     * Francesco Guardi begins painting the 12 Doge's Feasts series.
  
  ## Paintings
  
  * François Boucher – The Judgement of Paris
  * John Singleton Copley – Portraits of James Warren and Mercy Otis Warren
  * Francesco Guardi – Miracle of a Dominican Saint (for San Pietro Martire (Murano))
  * Matthäus Günther – Frescos in Benedictine Abbey Church of St. Marinus and St. Anianus, Rott am Inn
  * George Stubbs (approximate date; Tate Britain)
     * Horse Frightened by Lion
     * Horse Devoured by a Lion
  * Benjamin West – Cymon and Iphigenia (lost)
  * Johann Zoffany – Three sons of the Earl of Bute
  * Copley – James Warren
  * Copley – Mercy Otis Warren
  
  ## Births
  
  * June 26 – George Morland, English painter of animals and rustic scenes (died 1804)
  * July 22 – Johann Heinrich Ramberg, German painter and printmaker (died 1840)
  * August 7 – Johann Jakob Biedermann, Swiss painter and etcher (died 1830)
  * November 19 – Karl Ludwig Fernow, art critic (died 1808)
  * November 25 – Jean Germain Drouais, French historical painter (died 1788)
  * December 12 – Margareta Alströmer, Swedish painter and singer and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts (died 1816)
  * date unknown
     * Pietro Bettelini, Italian engraver (died 1828)
     * Antoine-Denis Chaudet, French sculptor in the neoclassical style (died 1810)
     * Joseph-François Ducq, Flemish historical and portrait painter (died 1829)
     * Augustin Félix Fortin, French painter of landscapes, and of genre and historical subjects (died 1832)
     * Philippe Auguste Hennequin, French painter (died 1833)
     * Andrew Plimer, English miniaturist (died 1837)
     * Zacarías González Velázquez, Spanish painter (died 1834)
     * Andries Vermeulen, Dutch painter (died 1814)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * January 3 – Francesco Maria Schiaffino, Italian sculptor (born 1668)
  * January 21 – Jean-François Oeben, cabinet-maker (born 1721)
  * March 4 – Johan Hörner, Swedish-Danish painter (born 1711)
  * April – Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer, German Baroque stucco plasterer of the Wessobrunner School (born 1698)
  * April 18 – Franz Anton Bustelli, porcelain modeller (born 1723)
  * May 24 – Luis González Velázquez, Spanish late-Baroque painter (born 1715)
  * September 24 – Hendrik Frans van Lint, landscape painter from the Southern Netherlands (born 1684)
  * October – Anna Maria Garthwaite, English textile designer (born 1688)
  * October 22 – Frans van Mieris jr., Dutch painter (born 1689)
  * December 3 – Giuseppe Nogari, Venetian painter of the Rococo, where he painted mainly painted half-body portraits (born 1699)
  * date unknown
     * Kim Du-ryang, Korean genre works painter of the mid Joseon period (born 1696)
     * Carlo Salis, Italian painter, born in Verona (born 1680)
     * Gervase Spencer, English miniaturist (born 1715)
     * Jan van Gool, Dutch painter and biographer (born 1685)
  * probable – Cao Xueqin, Chinese writer, painter of cliffs and rocks, poet (born 1715)
  