1712 in art

Events from the year 1712 in art.

Events

 * August 15 – The new abbey church at Fulda, with its high altar designed by Johann Neudecker and the stuccoist Giovanni Battista Artari, is dedicated by Prince-Abbot Adalbert von Schleifras.
 * Charles-André van Loo travels to Rome to study under Benedetto Luti and Pierre Legros.
 * Lorenzo Mattielli settles in Vienna.

Paintings

 * Rosalba Carriera – Bacchante with a tambourine
 * Giuseppe Maria Crespi – The Seven Sacraments series
 * Ádám Mányoki – Portrait of Francis II Rákóczi
 * Paolo de Matteis – The Choice of Hercules (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford)
 * Adriaen van der Werff – The Judgement of Paris

Births

 * February 19 – Arthur Devis, English portrait painter, particularly known for his conversation pieces and other such small portraits (died 1787)
 * October 5 – Francesco Guardi, Venetian painter of veduta (died 1793)
 * October 30 – Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, German painter (died 1774)
 * December 11 – Francesco Algarotti, Italian philosopher and art critic (died 1764)
 * date unknown
 * Giuseppe Angeli, Italian painter of the late-baroque active mainly in Venice (died 1798)
 * John Cleveley the Elder, English marine artist (died 1777)
 * Simon Fokke, Dutch designer, etcher, and engraver (died 1784)
 * Nicolas Jean Baptiste Poilly, French draftsman and engraver (died 1780)
 * Toriyama Sekien, scholar and ukiyo-e artist of Japanese folklore (died 1788)
 * Johan Stålbom, Finnish painter who later lived and worked in Sweden (died 1777)
 * Stefano Torelli, Italian painter of altar-pieces and ceiling decorations (died 1784)
 * probable
 * Károly Bebo, Hungarian sculptor, builder and decorator noted for his stucco work (died 1777)

Deaths

 * May 30 – Andrea Lanzani, Italian painter for the Habsburg court (born 1645)
 * August 23 – Jan Kryštof Liška, Czech Baroque painter (born 1650)
 * September 9
 * Jan Jiří Heinsch, Czech-German painter of the Baroque style (born 1647)
 * Jean Mauger, French medallist (born 1648)
 * September 12 – Jan van der Heyden, Dutch painter (born 1637)
 * November 26 – Pietro Dandini, Italian painter of the Baroque period active in Florence (born 1646)
 * date unknown
 * Louis Audran, French engraver (born 1670)
 * Andrea Celesti, Venetian painter (born 1637)
 * Giovanni Evangelista Draghi, Italian painter of the Baroque period (born 1657)
 * Buhurizade Mustafa Itri, Ottoman-Turkish musician, composer, calligrapher, singer and poet (born 1640)
 * Francesco Monti (il Brescianino), Italian painter of battle scenes (born 1646)
 * Lars Myra, Finnish painter (born unknown)
 * Michelangelo Palloni, Italian painter (born 1637)