1722 in art

Events from the year 1722 in art.

Events

 * Foundation of the first public theatre in Denmark, Lille Grönnegade.

Paintings

 * William Aikman – Portrait of the Scottish poet Allan Ramsay
 * William Kent – Ceiling of Cupola Room, Kensington Palace
 * Sir Godfrey Kneller – Portrait of Thomas Coningsby and his daughters Margaret and Frances
 * Nicolas Lancret – La Fête dans un Bois
 * Tiepolo – The Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew
 * Maria Verelst – The Dowager Duchess of Marlborough with Lady Diana Spencer (approximate date)

Births

 * March 6 – Johann Christian Brand, Austrian painter (died 1795)
 * May 25 - Anton Čebej – Slovenian painter (d. c. 1774)
 * July 16 – Joseph Wilton, English sculptor and a founding member of the Royal Academy (died 1803)
 * August 12 – Giuseppe Baldrighi, Italian painter (died 1803)
 * September 2 – Vigilius Eriksen, Danish painter and royal portraitist (died 1782)
 * October 3 – Johann Heinrich Tischbein, member of the Tischbein family of German painters (died 1789)
 * November 30 – Theodore Gardelle, painter and enameller (died 1761)
 * date unknown
 * Francesco Battaglioli, Italian painter of veduta and capriccios (died 1796)
 * Dominic Serres "the Elder", French-born marine painter (died 1793)

Deaths

 * January 7 – Antoine Coypel, French painter (born 1661)
 * March 12 – Christian Berentz, German artist (born 1658)
 * April 12 - Antonio Zanchi, Italian painter of canvases for churches in Venice (born 1631)
 * May 4 – Claude Gillot, French painter, engraver, book illustrator, metal worker, and theatrical designer (born 1673)
 * May 19 – Jan Karel Donatus van Beecq, Dutch painter (born 1638)
 * May 23 - Pierre Aveline, French engraver, print-publisher and print-seller (born 1656)
 * June 10 – Francescantonio Coratoli, Italian painter of frescoes (born 1671)
 * August 7 – Johann Georg Beck, German engraver (born 1676)
 * November 12 – Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch painter of portraits and erotic, devotional and mythological scenes (born 1659)
 * November 21 - Sebastiaen van Aken, Flemish historical painter (born 1648)
 * date unknown
 * Marziale Carpinoni, Italian painter (born c.1644)
 * Filippo Tancredi, Italian painter of church frescoes (born 1655)
 * Ma Yuanyu, Chinese painter during the Qing Dynasty (born c.1669)