Art year 1761
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Overview of the Art Years
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Events
Equipped with a letter of recommendation from Maria Theresa , Bernardo Bellotto , known as Canaletto , moves from Vienna to Munich in January, where he meets the heir to the throne of Saxony , Friedrich Christian of Saxony , who lives with his brother-in-law, Elector Maximilian III. Joseph of Bavaria, has sought refuge. Presumably the couple heir to the throne had two views of Nymphenburg Palace painted, which they later gave to the elector. Another picture shows a panorama of Munich. At the end of the year Bellotto will return to war-torn Dresden.
Adam Friedrich Oeser : Monument Ewald Christian von Kleist
Adam Friedrich Oeser: Monument "Kleist loved me"
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Born
- January 24 : Johann Christian Reinhart , German painter, draftsman and etcher († 1847 )
- June 7th : John Rennie , Scottish civil engineer († 1821 )
- June 8th : Niels Heidenreich , Danish watchmaker and thief of gold horns († 1844 )
- July 5 : Louis-Léopold Boilly , French painter and lithographer († 1845 )
- September 6 : Marie-Gabrielle Capet , French painter († 1818 )
- October 21 : Louis Albert Guislain Bacler d'Albe , French military topographer and landscape painter († 1824 )
- December: Marie Tussaud , French wax artist and founder of Madame Tussauds in London († 1850 )
Died
- January 13 : Franz Christoph Janneck , Austrian painter (* 1703 )
- March 25th : Salomon Kleiner , Bavarian architectural draftsman and engraver (* 1700 )
- June 1 : Jean Nicolas Jadot de Ville-Issey , Lorraine architect (* 1710 )
- July 21 : Louis Galloche , French painter (* 1670 )
- August 18 : François Gaspard Adam , French Rococo sculptor (* 1710 )
- September 7th : Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner , Austrian-German Rococo painter (* 1702 )
- December 10th : Johann Georg Plazer , Tyrolean Baroque painter (* 1704 )
