1763 in art

Last updated January 09, 2026

Events

In Venice
- Canaletto and Francesco Zuccarelli are elected to the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia.
- Francesco Guardi begins painting the 12 Doge's Feasts series.

Paintings

François Boucher – The Judgement of Paris
John Singleton Copley – Portraits of James Warren and Mercy Otis Warren
Jean-Honoré Fragonard – The Little Park ^[1]
Jean-Baptiste Greuze – The Broken Mirror ^[2]
Francesco Guardi – Miracle of a Dominican Saint (for San Pietro Martire (Murano))
Matthäus Günther – Frescos in Benedictine Abbey Church of St. Marinus and St. Anianus, Rott am Inn
Philip James de Loutherbourg – Landscape with Figures and Animals
Dominic Serres – Princess Charlotte Arriving at Harwich
George Stubbs (approximate date; Tate Britain)^[3]
- Horse Frightened by Lion
- Horse Devoured by a Lion
Benjamin West
- The Cricketers ^[4]
- Cymon and Iphigenia (lost)
- Portrait of Robert Monckton
Johann Zoffany
- Three sons of the Earl of Bute
- Venice Preserv'd

Princess Charlotte Arriving at Harwich by Dominic Serres
Copley – James Warren
The Little Park by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
The Broken Mirror by Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Portrait of Robert Monckton by Benjamin West
Copley – Mercy Otis Warren
Venice Preserv'd by Johan Zoffany

Births

June 26 – George Morland, English painter of animals and rustic scenes (died 1804)
July 22 – Johann Heinrich Ramberg, German painter and printmaker (died 1840)
August 7 – Johann Jakob Biedermann, Swiss painter and etcher (died 1830)
November 19 – Karl Ludwig Fernow, art critic (died 1808)
November 25 – Jean Germain Drouais, French historical painter (died 1788)
December 12 – Margareta Alströmer, Swedish painter and singer and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts (died 1816)
date unknown
- Pietro Bettelini, Italian engraver (died 1828)^[5]
- Antoine-Denis Chaudet, French sculptor in the neoclassical style (died 1810)
- Joseph-François Ducq, Flemish historical and portrait painter (died 1829)
- Augustin Félix Fortin, French painter of landscapes, and of genre and historical subjects (died 1832)
- Philippe Auguste Hennequin, French painter (died 1833)
- Andrew Plimer, English miniaturist (died 1837)
- Zacarías González Velázquez, Spanish painter (died 1834)
- Andries Vermeulen, Dutch painter (died 1814)

Deaths

January 3 – Francesco Maria Schiaffino, Italian sculptor (born 1668)
January 21 – Jean-François Oeben, cabinet-maker (born 1721)^[6]
March 4 – Johan Hörner, Swedish-Danish painter (born 1711)^[7]
April – Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer, German Baroque stucco plasterer of the Wessobrunner School (born 1698)
April 18 – Franz Anton Bustelli, porcelain modeller (born 1723)
May 24 – Luis González Velázquez, Spanish late-Baroque painter (born 1715)
September 24 – Hendrik Frans van Lint, landscape painter from the Southern Netherlands (born 1684)
October – Anna Maria Garthwaite, English textile designer (born 1688)
October 22 – Frans van Mieris jr., Dutch painter (born 1689)
December 3 – Giuseppe Nogari, Venetian painter of the Rococo, where he painted mainly painted half-body portraits (born 1699)
date unknown
- Kim Du-ryang, Korean genre works painter of the mid Joseon period (born 1696)
- Carlo Salis, Italian painter, born in Verona (born 1680)
- Gervase Spencer, English miniaturist (born 1715)
- Jan van Gool, Dutch painter and biographer (born 1685)^[8]
probable – Cao Xueqin, Chinese writer, painter of cliffs and rocks, poet (born 1715)

References

↑ Duffy, Stephen. The Wallace Collection. Scala, 2005. p.174
↑ Bailey, Colin B. Jean-Baptiste Greuze: The Laundress. Getty Publications, 2000. p.33
↑ Egerton, Judy (2007). George Stubbs, Painter: catalogue raisoné. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300125092.
↑ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/20/cricketers-lords-could-step-stop-12m-painting-going-abroad/
↑ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Bryan, Michael (1886). "Bettelini, Pietro". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. page 121
↑ "BnF General Catalogue". BnF. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
↑ "Om nogle genrebilleder og Stilleben af Johan H⊘rner". Taylor & Francis Online. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
↑ "Jan van Gool". RKD . Retrieved 7 January 2026.

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[1] Duffy, Stephen. The Wallace Collection. Scala, 2005. p.174

[2] Bailey, Colin B. Jean-Baptiste Greuze: The Laundress. Getty Publications, 2000. p.33

[3] Egerton, Judy (2007). George Stubbs, Painter: catalogue raisoné. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300125092.

[4] ttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/20/cricketers-lords-could-step-stop-12m-painting-going-abroad/

[5] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Bryan, Michael (1886). "Bettelini, Pietro". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. page 121

[6] "BnF General Catalogue". BnF. Retrieved 7 January 2026.

[7] "Om nogle genrebilleder og Stilleben af Johan H⊘rner". Taylor & Francis Online. Retrieved 7 January 2026.

[8] "Jan van Gool". RKD . Retrieved 7 January 2026.

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