1686 in art explained
Events from the year 1686 in art.
Events
Works
Births
- March 7 – Francesco Antonio Xaverio Grue, Italian potter and painter (died 1746)
- March 17 – Jean-Baptiste Oudry, French Rococo painter, engraver and tapestry designer (died 1755)
- May 30 – Antonina Houbraken, Dutch printmaker and drafter (died 1736)
- August 8 – Wenzel Lorenz Reiner, Czech Baroque painter (died 1743)
- August 18 – Peter von Bemmel, German landscape painter and etcher (died 1754)
- August 27 – Agostino Cornacchini, Italian sculptor and painter (died 1754)
- September 29 – Cosmas Damian Asam, German painter and architect during the late Baroque period (died 1739)
- October 15 – Alessandro Galli Bibiena, Italian architect/painter (died 1748)
- date unknown
- Gerhard Bockman, Dutch portrait painter and mezzotint engraver (died 1773)
- Carlo Carlone, Italian painter (died 1775)
- Antonio Consetti, Italian historical painter (died 1766)
- Louise-Magdeleine Horthemels, French engraver (died 1767)
- François Hutin, French painter, sculptor and engraver (died 1758)
- Giovanni Pietro Ligario, Italian painter of historical pictures for churches and private collections (died 1748)
- Okumura Masanobu, Japanese print designer, book publisher and painter (died 1764)
- Wang Shishen, Chinese painter (died 1759)
- Zou Yigui, Chinese Qing dynasty painter (died 1772)
- Zhang Zongcang, Chinese Qing dynasty painter (died 1756)
- probable – Li Shan, Chinese painter (died 1756)
Deaths
