Events from the year 1716 in art.

Events

• A sculpture park begins to be established in the Summer Garden at Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Paintings

• Sir Godfrey Kneller – Portrait of Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Princess of Wales
• James Thornhill – hall ceiling at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
• Adriaen van der Werff – The Judgement of Paris (approximate date)

Births

• March 19 – Guillaume Coustou the Younger, painter (died 1777)
• March 25 – Alexei Antropov, Russian barocco painter (died 1795)
• April 5 – Jeremiah Theus, Swiss-born American painter, primarily of portraits (died 1774)
• June 18 – Joseph-Marie Vien, French painter (died 1809)
• December 1 – Étienne Maurice Falconet, French Rococo sculptor (died 1791)
• date unknown
  • Fedor Leontyevich Argunov, Russian painter (died 1754)
  • Yosa Buson, Japanese poet and painter from the Edo period (died 1784)
  • Jacques Fabien Gautier d'Agoty, French painter and printmaker (died 1785)
  • Luis Egidio Meléndez, Spanish still-life painter (died 1780)
  • Johann Georg Ziesenis, German-Danish portrait painter (died 1776)
• probable
  • Bartolomeo Cavaceppi, Italian sculptor who worked in Rome (died 1799)
  • Christian Ulrik Foltmar, Danish wallpaper weaver, painter of miniatures and organist (died 1794)

Deaths

• February 3 – Giuseppe Alberti, Italian painter (born 1664)
• March 15 - Gilliam van der Gouwen, Flemish engraver (born 1657)
• March 22 – Philippe Lallemand, French portrait painter (born 1636)
• April 23 – Justus van Huysum, Dutch Golden Age flower painter (born 1659)
• June 2 – Ogata Kōrin, Japanese painter and lacquerer (born 1658)
• August 5 – Teresa del Po, Italian painter and engraver (born 1649)
• September 19 – Louis Du Guernier, French engraver (born 1677)
• November 16 – Pierre Lepautre, French ornemaniste (designer of ornament) and engraver (born 1648)
• December 13 – Charles de La Fosse, French painter (born 1640)
• December 18 – Jan Van Cleef, Flemish painter (born 1646)
• date unknown
  • Philippe Caffieri, Italian decorative sculptor (born 1634)
  • Giovanni Canti, Italian painter (born 1650)
  • Juan Correa, Mexican painter of primarily religious themes (born 1646)
  • Stefano Erardi, Maltese painter (born 1630)^[1]
  • Garret Morphy, Irish painter of portraits, genre scenes and landscapes (born 1650)
  • Sante Vandi, Italian portrait painter (born 1653)