1777 in art

Events from the year 1777 in art.

Events

 * The Cane Tago, a terracotta statue of a dog, is erected in Bologna, Italy.
 * Kunsthochschule Kassel is founded.
 * Det Dramatiske Selskab is founded in Copenhagen (Denmark) as an acting academy.

Works

 * Antonio Carnicero – Portrait of Pedro Rodríguez, Conde de Campomanes
 * Thomas Gainsborough
 * Portrait of his daughter Mary
 * Pomeranian Bitch and Puppy ("Two Fox Dogs" – approximate date)
 * Francisco Goya – The Parasol (tapestry cartoon – approximate date)
 * Jean-Baptiste Greuze – Portrait of Benjamin Franklin
 * William Hoare – Portrait of Christopher Anstey with his daughter
 * Ozias Humphry – Portrait of George Stubbs
 * Thomas Jones – Lake Albano – Sunset
 * Philip James de Loutherbourg – Moonlight
 * Sir Joshua Reynolds – Portrait of Henry Thrale
 * John Francis Rigaud – Agostino Carlini, Francesco Bartolozzi and Giovanni Battista Cipriani
 * George Romney – The Gower Family: The Children of Granville, 2nd Earl Gower
 * Alexander Roslin – Portraits of
 * Ivan Betskoy
 * Catherine the Great
 * Natalya Golitsyna
 * Gustavus III of Sweden
 * John Trumbull – Self-portrait
 * John Webber – The Tahitian Princess Poedua, the daughter of Orio, Chief of Raiatea

Births

 * January 2 – Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor (died 1857)
 * January 7 – Lorenzo Bartolini, Italian sculptor (died 1850)
 * March 9 – Aleksander Orłowski, Polish painter and sketch maker, pioneer of lithography in the Russian Empire (died 1832)
 * March 10 – Louis Hersent, French painter (died 1860)
 * March 13 – John Bacon, English sculptor (died 1859)
 * June 20 – Jean-Eugène-Charles Alberti, Dutch painter working primarily in Paris (died 1843)
 * June 22 (bapt.) – John Thirtle, English watercolour painter and frame-maker (died 1839)
 * July 23 – Philipp Otto Runge, German painter (died 1810)
 * August 11 – Giuseppe Bossi, Italian painter, arts administrator and writer on art (died 1815)
 * October 15 – Christian David Gebauer, Danish animal painter and etcher (died 1831)
 * October 16 – J. L. Lund, Danish painter especially of historical subjects (died 1867)
 * November 1 – Per Krafft the Younger, Swedish portrait and historical painter (died 1863)
 * December 15 – Agostino Aglio, Italian painter, decorator, and engraver (died 1857)
 * December 17 – François Marius Granet, French painter (died 1849)
 * date unknown
 * George Bullock, English sculptor (died 1818)
 * Gustaf Erik Hedman, Finnish painter (died 1841)
 * Matthew Cotes Wyatt, English painter and sculptor (died 1862)

Deaths

 * April 29 – Antonio Joli, Italian painter of veduta (born 1700)
 * May 21 – John Cleveley the Elder, English marine artist (born 1712)
 * June 22 – Johann Joseph Christian, German Baroque sculptor and woodcarver (born 1706)
 * July 13 – Guillaume Coustou the Younger, French painter (born 1716)
 * August 23 – Charles-Joseph Natoire, French rococo painter (born 1700)
 * November 17 - Johan Stålbom, Finnish painter who later lived and worked in Sweden (born 1712)
 * December 2 – Lorenzo De Caro, Neapolitan Baroque painter (born 1719)
 * December 5 – Claude François Devosge, French sculptor and architect (born 1697)
 * date unknown
 * Jean Charles Baquoy, French engraver (born 1721)
 * Pierre-Charles Canot, French engraver who spent most of his career in England (born 1710)
 * Nicholas Thomas Dall, Danish landscape painter (date of birth unknown)
 * probable – Francesco Pavona, Italian painter primarily of pastel portraits (born 1695)