# 1725 in art

Events from the year 1725 in art.

## Events

* January 20 – The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna is refounded by Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, as the k.k. Hofakademie der Maler, Bildhauer und Baukunst, under the direction of the French-born court painter Jacob van Schuppen.
* A number of artists including Juan Vicente Ribera are appointed by the Council of Castile to develop a tax structure for artworks

## Paintings

* Canaletto
** Doge's Palace
** Entrance to the Grand Canal: Looking East
** The Grand Canal from Rialto toward the North
** The Grand Canal near the Ponte di Rialto
** The Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge in the Background
** Rio dei Mendicanti: Looking South
** Santi Giovanni e Paolo and the Scuola di San Marco
* Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin – The Skate
* Sebastiano Ricci – Apotheosis of Saint Sebastian (approximate date)
* Jacob de Wit – Hercules on Mount Olympus (ceiling painting now at Waddesdon Manor, England)
* Johann Michael Rottmayr – Dome fresco, Karlskirche, Vienna
* Francesco Solimena - The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple (circa)

## Births

* January 16 – Johann Anton de Peters, German painter and etcher (died 1795)
* February 17 – Joseph Ignatz Sadler, Czech fresco painter (died 1767)
* May 16 – Peder Als, Danish historical and portrait painter (died 1775)
* June 3 – Christoph Friedrich Reinhold Lisiewski, German portrait painter (died 1794)
* July 1 – Rhoda Delaval, English portrait painter (died 1757)
* August 21 – Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter (died 1805)
* September 7 – William Duesbury, English enameller and entrepreneur (died 1786)
* September 25 – Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian engraver (died 1815)
* October 7 (bapt.) – Francis Swaine, English marine painter (died 1782)
* November 22 – Ignaz Günther, German sculptor and woodcarver within the Bavarian rococo tradition (died 1775)
* date unknown
** Guillaume Philippe Benoist, French line engraver (died 1770)
** Giuseppe Canale, Italian painter and engraver (died 1802)
** Domenico Cunego, Italian printmaker (died 1803)
** James Gabriel Huquier, French portrait painter and engraver (died 1805)
** Therese Maron, German painter active in Rome (died 1806)
** Nicola Peccheneda, Italian painter (died 1804)
** Antonio Ponz, Spanish painter (died 1792)
** Juan Ramírez de Arellano, Spanish Baroque painter (died 1782)

## Deaths

* February 5 – Christoph Weigel the Elder, German engraver and art dealer (born 1654)
* March 2 – José Benito de Churriguera, Spanish architect and sculptor (born 1665)
* April 18 – Antonio Calza, Italian painter of historical and battle-scenes (born 1658)
* May 6 – Bernardo Schiaffino, Italian sculptor (born 1678)
* May 23 – Anna Maria Schmilau, Swedish tapestry artist
* September 2 – Charles-François Poerson, French painter (born 1653)
* September 11 – Giuseppe Gambarini, Italian painter of frescoes (born 1680)
* October – José de Mora, Spanish sculptor (born 1642)
* date unknown
** Gioseffo Maria Bartolini, Italian painter (born 1657)
** Giovanni Girolamo Bonesi, Italian painter (born 1653)
** Bernard Lens II, English engraver, pioneer of mezzotint technique and publisher (born 1659)
* probable – Jan Soukens, Dutch Golden Age painter (born c.1650)