title: 1729 in art
text: # 1729 in art
  
  Events from the year 1729 in art.
  
  ## Events
  
  * Works of art from Rome arrive in Dresden, leading to the establishment of the Skulpturensammlung.
  * Pierre-Jean Mariette publishes the first volume of the Cabinet Crozat, a catalogue of works in the collection of Pierre Crozat.
  
  ## Paintings
  
  * William Hogarth paints Act III of The Beggar's Opera.
  * François Lemoyne paints Pygmalion Watching his Statue Come to Life.
  * Antonio David paints portraits of Prince Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") and his brother Prince Henry.
  * Nicolas de Largillière (Paris) paints a portrait of Elizabeth Throckmorton.
  * Andreas Møller probably paints a portrait of the Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria.
  * A painter of the "Nasini circle" paints the Miracle of San Vincenzo Ferrer.
  
  ## Births
  
  * January 5 – Paulus Constantijn la Fargue, Dutch painter, etcher and draftsman (died 1782)
  * January 17 – Giovanni Antonio Zaddei, Italian painter of altarpieces, mainly active in Ferrara (died unknown)
  * March 24 – Simon Mathurin Lantara, French landscape painter (died 1778)
  * April 13 – Rienk Jelgerhuis, Dutch painter, engraver and draftsman (died 1806)
  * May 7 – Pierre-Joseph Lion, Belgian painter (died 1809)
  * date unknown
     * Joseph Antony Adolph, Moravian painter (died 1762)
     * Jean-Baptiste Defernex, French sculptor especially of portrait busts (died 1783)
     * Jean-Baptiste-Henri Deshays, French painter (died 1765)
     * Vinzenz Fischer, Austrian historical painter and professor of architecture (died 1810)
     * Saverio Gandini, Italian painter (died 1796)
     * James MacArdell, Irish engraver of mezzotints (died 1765)
     * Hughes Taraval, French painter (died 1785)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * January 21 – Marco Ricci, Italian veduta painter (born 1676)
  * March 2 – Peter Van Dievoet, Belgian sculptor and designer of ornamental architectural features (born 1661)
  * March 9 – Henrietta Johnston, early American pastellist (born 1670)
  * April 26 – John Nost, Flemish sculptor especially utilizing lead (born unknown)
  * August 22 – Torii Kiyonobu I, Japanese painter and printmaker in the ukiyo-e style, especially on Kabuki signboards (born 1664)
  * October 2 - Arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter (born 1669)
  * October 22 - Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl, Swedish painter of allegories, portraits and group portraits (born 1666)
  * November 16 - Alessandro Specchi, Italian architect and engraver (born 1668)
  * December 24 – Marcantonio Franceschini, Italian painter of religious and mythological subjects (born 1648)
  * date unknown
     * Scipione Angelini, Italian painter of still-lifes (born 1661)
     * Panagiotis Doxaras, Greek painter who founded the Heptanese School of Greek art (born 1662)
     * Lorenzo Fratellini, Italian painter of miniature portraits (born 1690)
     * Cristóbal de León, Spanish painter of monastic portraits (born unknown)
     * Krzysztof Lubieniecki – Polish Baroque painter and engraver (born 1659)
  