1787 in art

Events

Works

* Jacques-Louis David's painting "Death of Socrates" was completed.
* Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun's painting "Marie Antoinette and Her Children" was completed.
*John Trumbull - "Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec".

Awards

* (unknown)

Births

* January 7 - Patrick Nasmyth, Scottish landscape painter (d. 1831)
* Louis Daguerre - French artist and chemist, recognized for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography (d. 1851)
* William Finden, engraver (d. 1852)
* Jean-Pierre Cortot, sculptor (d. 1843)
* Copley Fielding, painter (d. 1855)
* Heinrich Adam, painter (d. 1862)
* François Joseph Heim, painter (d. 1865)
* François-Joseph Navez - Belgian neo-classical painter (d. 1869)
* Xavier Sigalon - French painter (d. 1837)
* William Etty - English painter, especially of nudes (d. 1849)
* William Brockedon - English painter (d. 1854)
* Johann David Passavant - German painter, curator and artist (d. 1861)
* Karl Wilhelm Wach - German painter (d. 1845)
* Joseph Rebell - Austrian landcsape painter (d. 1828)

Deaths

* Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, Italian painter (b. 1708)
* John Brown, Scottish portrait-draftsman and painter at Edinburgh (b. 1752)
* Arthur Devis - English portrait painter, particularly known for his conversation pieces and other such small portraits (b. 1712)
* Pierre L'Enfant - French painter (b. 1704)
* Mason Chamberlin - English portrait painter (b. 1727)
* Antonio Baratti - Italian engraver (b. 1724)
* John Cheere - English sculptor (b. 1709)