1689 in art
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Events from the year 1689 in art.
Events
[edit]- King William III of England commissions the Cartoon Gallery at Hampton Court Palace from Sir Christopher Wren to house Raphael's drawings of the Acts of the Apostles.
- John Riley is appointed court painter to William III and Mary II in England.
Paintings
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- Meindert Hobbema – The Avenue at Middelharnis
- Godfrey Kneller – Portrait of Isaac Newton
- Jan Wyck – The Siege of Oxford
Births
[edit]- July – Szymon Czechowicz, Polish painter (died 1775)
- November 24 – Frans van Mieris jr., Dutch painter (died 1763)
- date unknown
- Jiao Bingzhen, Chinese painter of the Qing dynasty (died 1726)
- Giovanni Casini, Italian portrait painter as well as a sculptor (died 1748)
- Gaspare Diziani, Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Roccoco period (died 1767)
- Ferdinando Porta, Italian painter and engraver (died 1767)
- Franz de Paula Ferg, Austrian landscape painter (died 1740)
- Agostino Veracini, Italian painter and engraver (died 1762)
- Johann Salomon Wahl, German painter who became court painter in Denmark (died 1765)
Deaths
[edit]- January 6 – Baldassare Franceschini, Italian painter of frescoes (born 1611)
- June 10 – Christophe Veyrier, French sculptor (born 1637)
- June 21 – Thomas Blanchet, French painter, draughtsman, architect, sculptor and printmaker (born 1614)
- August – William Lodge, English engraver and printmaker (born 1649)[1]
- August 9 – Dionisio Lazzari, Italian sculptor and architect (born 1617)
- September 13 – Ciro Ferri, Italian Baroque painter (born 1634)[2]
- November 3 – Fyodor Zubov, Russian painter, engraver, miniaturist and illuminator (born 1615)
- November 12 – Justus de Verwer, Dutch painter and illustrator (born 1625)
- November 16 (or 15) – Cornelis Mahu, Flemish painter (born 1613)[3]
- date unknown
- Alexander Coosemans, Flemish Baroque still-life painter (born 1627)
- Fabio Cristofari, Italian Baroque painter and mosaicist (born unknown)
- Gioseffo Danedi, Italian painter (born 1618)
- Charles Errard, French painter, architect and engraver (born 1606)
- Gong Xian, Chinese painter (born 1618)
- Pietro Montanini, Italian painter (born 1619)
- Cristoforo Serra, Italian painter who was also a militia captain in the Papal troops (born 1600)
References
[edit]- ^ "Lodge, William (LG666W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Ciro Ferri". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
- ^ Cornelis Mahu at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (in Dutch)