1685 in art
{{Short description|none}}
{{Year nav topic5|1685|art}}
Events from the year 1685 in art.
Events
- (unknown)
Works
=Paintings=
File:Godfrey Kneller Selfportrait.jpg by Godfrey Kneller.]]
Image:Simon ushakov last supper 1685.jpg – The Last Supper]]
- Richard Brakenburgh – Feast of St Nicholas
- Claudio Coello – St Dominic of Guzman (approximate date)
- Aert de Gelder – Esther and Mordecai
- Godfrey Kneller – Self-Portrait
- Andrea Pozzo - Dome at Sant'Ignazio{{Cite web|url=https://smarthistory.org/fra-andrea-pozzo-glorification-of-saint-ignatius/|title = Andrea Pozzo, Glorification of Saint Ignatius – Smarthistory}}
- Simon Ushakov – The Last Supper{{cite web|url=http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Arts/painting/religious-paint/icon-paint/painters/simon/simon.htm|first=Alexander|last=Boguslawski|title=Simon Ushakov (1626-1686)|accessdate=2012-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315134743/http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Arts/painting/religious-paint/icon-paint/painters/simon/simon.htm|archive-date=2012-03-15|url-status=dead}}
=Sculpture=
- Pierre Lepautre – Faune au chevreau
Births
- March 17 – Jean-Marc Nattier, French painter (died 1766)
- November 5 - Peter Angelis, French painter (died 1734)
- November 15 – Balthasar Denner, German portrait painter (died 1749)
- date unknown
- Charles Cressent, French furniture-maker, sculptor and fondeur-ciseleur of the régence style (died 1768)
- Pietro Paolo Cristofari, Italian artist responsible for a number of the mosaics in St. Peter's Basilica (died 1743)
- Bernardo Germán de Llórente, Spanish painter of the late-Baroque period (died 1757)
- Francesco Sleter, Italian painter active in England (died 1775)
- Jan van Gool, Dutch painter and writer (died 1763)
- probable
- William Kent, architect and designer (died 1748)
- Johann Georg Schmidt, Austrian Baroque painter (died 1748)
Deaths
- January – Herman Saftleven, Dutch painter (born 1609)
- March 25 – Nicolas Robert, French miniaturist and engraver (born 1614)
- May – Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch genre painter (born 1610)
- June 16 – Anne Killigrew, English poet and painter (born 1660)
- August 8 – Giovanni Battista Salvi or Sassoferrato, Italian painter (born 1609)
- September – Adam Colonia, Dutch painter working in England (born 1634)
- October 2 – David Teniers III, Flemish painter (born 1638)
- October 3 – Juan Carreño de Miranda, Spanish painter (born 1614)
- date unknown
- Li Yin, Chinese painter, poet and calligrapher (born c.1610)
- Giulio Trogli, Italian painter nicknamed il Paradosso ("the Paradox") (born 1613)
- Jan Baptist van Heil, Flemish painter (born 1604)