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data-file-height="5694" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Maruyama_%C5%8Ckyo" title="Maruyama Ōkyo">Maruyama Ōkyo</a>, <i>Crows,</i> 1766; pair of sixfold screens; ink and gold on paper.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:General_John_Burgoyne_-_Reynolds_c._1766.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/General_John_Burgoyne_-_Reynolds_c._1766.jpg/250px-General_John_Burgoyne_-_Reynolds_c._1766.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/General_John_Burgoyne_-_Reynolds_c._1766.jpg/330px-General_John_Burgoyne_-_Reynolds_c._1766.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/General_John_Burgoyne_-_Reynolds_c._1766.jpg/500px-General_John_Burgoyne_-_Reynolds_c._1766.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6037" data-file-height="7545" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/Portrait_of_John_Burgoyne" title="Portrait of John Burgoyne">Portrait of John Burgoyne</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Joshua_Reynolds" title="Joshua Reynolds">Joshua Reynolds</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_Nathaniel_Dance-Holland_-_The_Meeting_of_Dido_and_Aeneas_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Sir_Nathaniel_Dance-Holland_-_The_Meeting_of_Dido_and_Aeneas_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/220px-Sir_Nathaniel_Dance-Holland_-_The_Meeting_of_Dido_and_Aeneas_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Sir_Nathaniel_Dance-Holland_-_The_Meeting_of_Dido_and_Aeneas_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/330px-Sir_Nathaniel_Dance-Holland_-_The_Meeting_of_Dido_and_Aeneas_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Sir_Nathaniel_Dance-Holland_-_The_Meeting_of_Dido_and_Aeneas_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/440px-Sir_Nathaniel_Dance-Holland_-_The_Meeting_of_Dido_and_Aeneas_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2396" data-file-height="1689" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/The_Meeting_of_Dido_and_Aeneas" title="The Meeting of Dido and Aeneas">The Meeting of Dido and Aeneas</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Dance-Holland" title="Nathaniel Dance-Holland">Nathaniel Dance-Holland</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Dance-Holland" title="Nathaniel Dance-Holland">Nathaniel Dance-Holland</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/The_Meeting_of_Dido_and_Aeneas" title="The Meeting of Dido and Aeneas">The Meeting of Dido and Aeneas</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Gainsborough" title="Thomas Gainsborough">Thomas Gainsborough</a> – <i>Portrait of David Garrick with a bust of Shakespeare</i> (probably originally painted; lost)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Antoine_Houdon" title="Jean-Antoine Houdon">Jean-Antoine Houdon</a> – <i>Bruno of Cologne</i> (sculpture for <a href="/wiki/Santa_Maria_degli_Angeli_e_dei_Martiri" title="Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri">Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri</a> in Rome)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubert_Robert" title="Hubert Robert">Hubert Robert</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/A_View_of_Ripetta" title="A View of Ripetta">A View of Ripetta</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maruyama_%C5%8Ckyo" title="Maruyama Ōkyo">Maruyama Ōkyo</a> – <i>Crows</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allan_Ramsay_(artist)" title="Allan Ramsay (artist)">Allan Ramsay</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/File:David_Hume.jpg" title="File:David Hume.jpg">Portrait of David Hume</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_Reynolds" title="Joshua Reynolds">Joshua Reynolds</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/Portrait_of_John_Burgoyne" title="Portrait of John Burgoyne">Portrait of John Burgoyne</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Wright_of_Derby" title="Joseph Wright of Derby">Joseph Wright of Derby</a> – <i><a href="/wiki/A_Philosopher_Lecturing_on_the_Orrery" title="A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery">A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1766_in_art&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Births"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/March_1" title="March 1">March 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johann_Conrad_Felsing" title="Johann Conrad Felsing">Johann Conrad Felsing</a>, German topographer and engraver using <a href="/wiki/Stippling" title="Stippling">stippling</a> (died <a href="/wiki/1819_in_art" title="1819 in art">1819</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2" title="March 2">March 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Henry_(French_artist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Henry (French artist)">Thomas Henry</a>, French painter and art patron (died <a href="/wiki/1836_in_art" title="1836 in art">1836</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_16" title="March 16">March 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jean-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Waldeck" title="Jean-Frédéric Waldeck">Jean-Frédéric Waldeck</a>, artist and explorer (died <a href="/wiki/1875_in_art" title="1875 in art">1875</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_1" title="April 1">April 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Xavier_Fabre" title="François-Xavier Fabre">François-Xavier Fabre</a>, French painter of historical subjects (died <a href="/wiki/1837_in_art" title="1837 in art">1837</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_6" title="April 6">April 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_von_Kobell" title="Wilhelm von Kobell">Wilhelm von Kobell</a>, <a href="/wiki/German_people" class="mw-redirect" title="German people">German</a> painter, <a href="/wiki/Printmaker" class="mw-redirect" title="Printmaker">printmaker</a> and teacher (died <a href="/wiki/1853_in_art" title="1853 in art">1853</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_16" title="September 16">September 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jes_Bundsen" title="Jes Bundsen">Jes Bundsen</a>, Danish architectural and landscape painter and etcher (died <a href="/wiki/1829_in_art" title="1829 in art">1829</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_14" title="October 14">October 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Carl_Gr%C3%B6ger" title="Friedrich Carl Gröger">Friedrich Carl Gröger</a>, north-German portrait painter and lithographer (died <a href="/wiki/1838_in_art" title="1838 in art">1838</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_22" title="December 22">December 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johann_Samuel_Arnhold" title="Johann Samuel Arnhold">Johann Samuel Arnhold</a>, German painter in oil and water-colours, and on porcelain and enamel (died <a href="/wiki/1827_in_art" title="1827 in art">1827</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_25" title="December 25">December 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Drummond" title="Samuel Drummond">Samuel Drummond</a>, British painter especially portraits and marine <a href="/wiki/Genre_works" class="mw-redirect" title="Genre works">genre works</a> (died <a href="/wiki/1844_in_art" title="1844 in art">1844</a>)</li> <li><i>date unknown</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pierre-Charles_Bridan" title="Pierre-Charles Bridan">Pierre-Charles Bridan</a>, French sculptor (died <a href="/wiki/1836_in_art" title="1836 in art">1836</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariano_Gerada" title="Mariano Gerada">Mariano Gerada</a>, sculptor and woodworker (died <a href="/wiki/1823_in_art" title="1823 in art">1823</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1766_in_art&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Margaret_Luttrell_(1726%E2%80%931766),_Mrs_Henry_Fownes_Luttrell.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Margaret_Luttrell_%281726%E2%80%931766%29%2C_Mrs_Henry_Fownes_Luttrell.jpg/110px-Margaret_Luttrell_%281726%E2%80%931766%29%2C_Mrs_Henry_Fownes_Luttrell.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Margaret_Luttrell_%281726%E2%80%931766%29%2C_Mrs_Henry_Fownes_Luttrell.jpg/165px-Margaret_Luttrell_%281726%E2%80%931766%29%2C_Mrs_Henry_Fownes_Luttrell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Margaret_Luttrell_%281726%E2%80%931766%29%2C_Mrs_Henry_Fownes_Luttrell.jpg/220px-Margaret_Luttrell_%281726%E2%80%931766%29%2C_Mrs_Henry_Fownes_Luttrell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1210" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Fownes-Luttrell" title="Margaret Fownes-Luttrell">Margaret Fownes-Luttrell</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_7" title="January 7">January 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Giacomo_Boni_(painter)" title="Giacomo Boni (painter)">Giacomo Boni</a>, Italian painter (born <a href="/wiki/1688_in_art" title="1688 in art">1688</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_19" title="January 19">January 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Niccol%C3%B2_Servandoni" title="Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni">Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni</a>, French architect and painter (born <a href="/wiki/1695_in_art" title="1695 in art">1695</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_4" title="March 4">March 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Aved" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph Aved">Joseph Aved</a>, also called le Camelot (The Hawker) and Avet le Batave (The Dutch Avet), French <a href="/wiki/Rococo" title="Rococo">Rococo</a> portraitist (born <a href="/wiki/1702_in_art" title="1702 in art">1702</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_5" title="May 5">May 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Olof_Arenius" title="Olof Arenius">Olof Arenius</a>, Swedish portrait painter (born <a href="/wiki/1701_in_art" title="1701 in art">1701</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_22" title="June 22">June 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Carlo_Zimech" title="Carlo Zimech">Carlo Zimech</a>, Maltese priest and painter (born <a href="/wiki/1696_in_art" title="1696 in art">1696</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_17" title="July 17">July 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Castiglione_(Jesuit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Giuseppe Castiglione (Jesuit)">Giuseppe Castiglione</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italian</a> Jesuit Brother, <a href="/wiki/Missionary" title="Missionary">missionary</a> in <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>, painter at the court of the Emperor (b. <a href="/wiki/1688_in_art" title="1688 in art">1688</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_18" title="July 18">July 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mauro_Antonio_Tesi" title="Mauro Antonio Tesi">Mauro Antonio Tesi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italian</a> painter of the late-<a href="/wiki/Baroque" title="Baroque">Baroque</a> period, active mainly in <a href="/wiki/Bologna" title="Bologna">Bologna</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1730_in_art" title="1730 in art">1730</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_13" title="August 13">August 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Fownes-Luttrell" title="Margaret Fownes-Luttrell">Margaret Fownes-Luttrell</a>, English heiress and painter (b. <a href="/wiki/1726_in_art" title="1726 in art">1726</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_7" title="November 7">November 7</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vincenzo_Meucci" title="Vincenzo Meucci">Vincenzo Meucci</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italian</a> painter whose patrons included <a href="/wiki/Anna_Maria_Luisa_de%27_Medici" title="Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici">Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1694_in_art" title="1694 in art">1694</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Marc_Nattier" title="Jean-Marc Nattier">Jean-Marc Nattier</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">French</a> painter (b. <a href="/wiki/1685_in_art" title="1685 in art">1685</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><i>date unknown</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Consetti" title="Antonio Consetti">Antonio Consetti</a>, Italian historical painter (b. <a href="/wiki/1686_in_art" title="1686 in art">1686</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Elliott_(engraver)" title="William Elliott (engraver)">William Elliott</a>, English engraver (born <a href="/wiki/1727_in_art" title="1727 in art">1727</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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