1758 in art

Events from the year 1758 in art.

Events

 * Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, establishes a Kupferstich- und Zeichnungskabinett in the Mannheim Palace, predecessor of the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München.

Works

 * Pompeo Batoni
 * Portrait of Pope Clement
 * Portrait of Sir Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham
 * Joshua Reynolds – Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond
 * Louis-François Roubiliac – Statue of Shakespeare
 * John Shackleton – George II

Births

 * March 14 – Franz Bauer, Austrian microscopist and botanical artist (died 1840)
 * April 4
 * John Hoppner, English portrait painter (died 1810)
 * Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, French painter (died 1823)
 * June 18 – Robert Bowyer, English miniature painter and publisher (died 1834)
 * June 19 – Raffaello Sanzio Morghen, Italian engraver (died 1833)
 * August 14 – Carle Vernet, French painter (died 1835)
 * September 9 – Alexander Nasmyth, Scottish painter (died 1840)
 * October 22 - Friedrich Rehberg, German portrait and historical painter (died 1835)
 * December 31 – Johann Heinrich Bleuler, Swiss painter (died 1823)
 * date unknown
 * William Billingsley, English painter of porcelain (died 1828)
 * James Fittler, English engraver (died 1835)
 * Hyewon, Korean painter of the Joseon Dynasty (died unknown)
 * Moritz Kellerhoven, Austrian painter (died 1830)
 * Ryōkan, Japanese Sōtō Zen Buddhist monk poet and calligrapher (died 1831)
 * (b. 1756/1758) – Francesco Piranesi, Italian engraver and architect (died 1810)

Deaths

 * February 28 – Francesco Maria Raineri, Italian sculptor of battle scenes, landscapes, and vedute with historical or mythologic figures (born 1676)
 * March 2 – Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German painter and a prime stucco plasterer during the Baroque (born 1680)
 * June 27 – Michelangelo Unterberger, Austrian painter of religious themes (born 1695)
 * August - François Hutin, French painter, sculptor and engraver (born 1686)
 * August 24 – Bartolomeo Nazari, Italian portraitist of the late-Baroque (born 1693)
 * September 9 – Isak Wacklin, Finnish painter (born 1720)
 * October – Michael Ford, Irish mezzotint engraver (born unknown)
 * October 19 – Agostino Masucci, Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period (born 1691)
 * date unknown
 * Ciro Adolfi, Italian painter of the Baroque period (born 1683)
 * George Bickham the Elder, English writing master and engraver (born 1684)
 * Elizabeth Blackwell, Scottish botanical illustrator and author (born 1700)
 * Giuseppe Dallamano, Italian painter of quadratura in Turin (born 1679)
 * Alonso Miguel de Tovar, Spanish painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period (born 1678)