1738 in art

Events from the year 1738 in art.

Events

January 3 – Johann Friedrich Bause, German engraver (died 1814)
June 4 – George III of the United Kingdom, patron of the arts and collector (died 1820)
June 10 – Hubert Maurer, Austrian painter of portraits and religious themes (died 1818)
July William Wynne Ryland, English engraver (died 1783)
August 6 – Johann Balzer, Czech etcher and engraver (died 1799)
October 10 – Benjamin West, painter (died 1820)
December 20 – Claude Michel, French sculptor in the Rococo style (died 1814)
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- William Cochran, Scottish portrait painter both in oil and miniature (died 1785)
- Antoine Raspal, French painter (died 1811)
- Camillo Tinti, Italian painter (died unknown)
- Fredrika Eleonora von Düben, Swedish textile artist, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts (died 1808)

January 20 – Francesco Galli Bibiena, Italian architect/designer/painter (born 1659)
January 27 – Alessandro Marchesini, Italian painter of allegories with small figures (born 1664)
February 16 – Carel de Moor, Dutch etcher and painter (born 1655)
August 9 – Pierre Drevet, French portrait engraver (born 1663)
October 5 – Antonio Amorosi, Italian painter, active in Ascoli Piceno and Rome (born 1660)
November – Giovanni Enrico Vaymer, Italian portrait painter (born 1665)
November 18 – Hendrick Krock, Danish history painter (born 1671)

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- Felice Cappelletti, Italian painter of the late-Baroque period active in Verona (born 1698)
- Giovanni Battista Cassana, Italian painter of fruit, flowers, and still-life (born 1668)
- Edme Jeaurat, French engraver (born 1688)
- Carlo Antonio Tavella, Italian painter of landscapes (born 1668)