1697 in art

Events from the year 1697 in art.

Events

 * December 13 – Tsar Peter the Great of Russia visits Dutch Republic official Jacob de Wilde in Amsterdam to view his art collection, "the beginning of the West European classical tradition in Russia"; a view of the meeting is engraved by Jacob's daughter Maria de Wilde.

Paintings

 * Giovan Battista Caniana – The Crucifixion (Church of Santa Maria and San Giacomo, Romano di Lombardia)
 * Adriaen Coorte – Still Life with Shells
 * Carlo Maratta – The Baptism of Jesus
 * Hyacinthe Rigaud – Portrait of Cardinal Louis Antoine de Noailles
 * Hyacinthe Rigaud and Joseph Parrocel – Portrait of Louis, Grand Dauphin
 * Painting of Christian V presiding over the Supreme Court of Denmark

Births

 * March 30 – Jan Baptist Xavery, Flemish sculptor active in the Netherlands (died 1742)
 * April 12 – Anton Pichler, Tyrolean goldsmith and artist of engraved gems (died 1779)
 * June 22 – Pierre-Imbert Drevet, French portrait engraver (died 1739)
 * June 25 – Peter van Bleeck, portrait painter and engraver (died 1764)
 * October 28
 * Giovanni Antonio Canal, better known as Canaletto, Venetian artist famous for his landscapes, or vedute, of Venice (died 1768)
 * Johann Gottfried Auerbach, Austrian painter (died 1753)
 * November 10 – William Hogarth, English engraver and painter credited with pioneering western sequential art (died 1764)
 * date unknown
 * Bernard Accama or Bernardus, Dutch historical and portrait painter, born in Friesland (died 1756)
 * Francesco Andreini, Italian painter (died 1751)
 * Helena Arnell, one of the first Finnish painters and few female artists (died 1751)
 * Claude François Devosge, French sculptor and architect (died 1777)
 * Johann Christian Fiedler, German portrait painter (died 1765)
 * Antonio Gionima, Italian painter (died 1732)
 * Michele Pagano, Italian painter of landscapes or vedutista (died 1732)
 * Giovanni Battista Tagliasacchi, Italian painter of historical scenes and portraits (died 1737)
 * Cornelis Troost – Dutch painter from Amsterdam (died 1750)

Deaths

 * April 4
 * Jan de Bray, Dutch painter (born 1627)
 * Andrea Carlone, Italian painter (born 1626)
 * June 11 – Abraham Begeyn, Dutch painter of landscapes and cattle (born 1637)
 * December 31 – Lucas Faydherbe, Dutch sculptor and architect (born 1617)
 * date unknown
 * Ludovico Gimignani, Italian painter, active mainly in Rome (born 1643)
 * Muin Musavvir, Persian miniaturist during the Safavid period (born 1638)
 * Mei Qing, Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet during the Qing Dynasty (born 1623)
 * Claudine Bouzonnet-Stella, French engraver (born 1636)
 * Giulio Cesare Venenti, Italian painter of landscapes and engraver (born 1609)