1787 in art

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Works

Jacques-Louis David, The Death of Socrates, 1787, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

See also: Category:1787 paintings

• 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.

Awards

• (unknown)

Births

• January 7 – Patrick Nasmyth, Scottish landscape painter (d. 1831)
• March 10 – William Etty, English painter, especially of nudes (d. 1849)
• August 20 – Jean-Pierre Cortot, sculptor (d. 1843)
• September 11 – Karl Wilhelm Wach, German painter (d. 1845)
• September 18 – Johann David Passavant, German painter, curator and artist (d. 1861)
• November 18 – Louis Daguerre, French artist and chemist, recognized for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography (d. 1851)
• November 22 – Copley Fielding, painter (d. 1855)
• December 16 – François Joseph Heim, painter (d. 1865)
• date unknown
  • Heinrich Adam, painter (d. 1862)
  • William Brockedon, English painter (d. 1854)
  • William Finden, engraver (d. 1852)
  • Johannes Flintoe, Danish-Norwegian painter of Norwegian landscapes (d. 1870)
  • François-Joseph Navez, Belgian neo-classical painter (d. 1869)
  • Xavier Sigalon, French painter (d. 1837)

Deaths

• February 4 – Pompeo Batoni, Italian painter (b. 1708)
• June 23 – Pierre L'Enfant, French painter (b. 1704)
• July 25 – Arthur Devis – English portrait painter, particularly known for his conversation pieces and other such small portraits (b. 1712)
• date unknown
  • John Brown, Scottish portrait-draftsman and painter at Edinburgh (b. 1752)
  • Mason Chamberlin, English portrait painter (b. 1727)
  • John Cheere, English sculptor (b. 1709)
  • Francesco Zugno, Italian Rococo painter (b. c. 1708)