1725 in art

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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

Rottmayr – Intercession of Charles Borromeo supported by the Virgin Mary

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 –
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)

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)

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)