1736 in art
# 1736 in art

Events from the year 1736 in art.

## Paintings

* Bernard Accama – Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange
* Canaletto – View of the Riva degli Schiavoni (Sir John Soane's Museum, London)
* Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin – Woman Scouring Dishes
* William Hogarth
   * Christ at the Pool of Bethesda (St Bartholomew's Hospital)
   * Four Times of the Day (series)
* Clemente Ruta – Extasis of St. Peter of Alcantara (San Pietro d'Alcantara (Parma))
* Willem Van der Hagen – View of Waterford

## Births

* February 5 – Joaquín Inza y Ainsa, Spanish Baroque painter (died 1811)
* February 6 – Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, German sculptor most famous for his collection of busts with extreme facial expressions (died 1783)
* February 19 – Simon Charles Miger, French engraver (died 1828)
* June 22 – Auguste-Louis de Rossel de Cercy, French painter primarily of naval scenes (died 1804)
* July 21 – Ulla Adlerfelt, Swedish painter and noblewoman (died 1765)
* August 7 – Johann Nepomuk della Croce, Austrian painter (died 1819)
* August 15 – Alexander Runciman, Scottish painter (died 1785)
* October 28 - Martin Ferdinand Quadal, Moravian-Austrian painter and engraver (died 1811)
* November 18 – Anton Graff, Swiss portrait painter (died 1813)
* November 30 – Jean-Jacques de Boissieu, French painter and etcher (died 1810)
* date unknown
   * Andrea-Salvatore Aglio, Italian sculptor and painter on marble (died 1786)
   * Christopher Barber, English miniature painter (died 1810)
   * Charlotta Cedercreutz, Swedish painter and noblewoman (died 1815)
   * Fyodor Rokotov, Russian painter specializing in portraits (died 1809)

## Deaths

* April 2 – Étienne Allegrain, French topographical painter (born 1644)
* July 3 - Giuseppe Nicola Nasini, Italian painter of frescoes, director of Grand-Ducal Academy for the Arts (born 1657)
* July 25 – Jean-Baptiste Pater, French rococo painter (born 1695)
* August 14 – Victor Honoré Janssens, Flemish painter (born 1658)
* September 13 – Gaspar van Wittel, Dutch landscape painter (born 1653)
* October 23 - Tommaso Aldrovandini, Italian painter (born 1653)
* December - Antonina Houbraken, Dutch printmaker and drafter (born 1686)
* date unknown
   * Niccolò Bambini, Italian painter (born 1651)
   * Domenico Brandi, Italian painter primarily of still lifes of birds and animals, as well as pastoral landscapes (vedute) (born 1683)
   * Miguel del Aguila, Spanish historical painter (born unknown)
   * Chen Shu, Chinese painter (born 1660)
