1689 in art

• King William III of England commissions the Cartoon Gallery at Hampton Court Palace from Sir Christopher Wren to house Raphael's drawings of the Acts of the Apostles. • John Riley is appointed court painter to William III and Mary II in England. ==Paintings==

's portrait of Newton '' by Jan Wyck • Meindert Hobbema – The Avenue at Middelharnis • Godfrey Kneller – Portrait of Isaac Newton • Jan Wyck – The Siege of Oxford ==Births==

• July – Szymon Czechowicz, Polish painter (died 1775) • November 24 – Frans van Mieris jr., Dutch painter (died 1763) • date unknown • Jiao Bingzhen, Chinese painter of the Qing dynasty (died 1726) • Giovanni Casini, Italian portrait painter as well as a sculptor (died 1748) • Gaspare Diziani, Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Roccoco period (died 1767) • Ferdinando Porta, Italian painter and engraver (died 1767) • Franz de Paula Ferg, Austrian landscape painter (died 1740) • Agostino Veracini, Italian painter and engraver (died 1762) • Johann Salomon Wahl, German painter who became court painter in Denmark (died 1765) ==Deaths==

• January 6 – Baldassare Franceschini, Italian painter of frescoes (born 1611) • June 10 – Christophe Veyrier, French sculptor (born 1637) • June 21 – Thomas Blanchet, French painter, draughtsman, architect, sculptor and printmaker (born 1614) • August – William Lodge, English engraver and printmaker (born 1649) • August 9 – Dionisio Lazzari, Italian sculptor and architect (born 1617) • September 13 – Ciro Ferri, Italian Baroque painter (born 1634) • November 3 – Fyodor Zubov, Russian painter, engraver, miniaturist and illuminator (born 1615) • November 12 – Justus de Verwer, Dutch painter and illustrator (born 1625) • November 16 (or 15) – Cornelis Mahu, Flemish painter (born 1613) • date unknown • Alexander Coosemans, Flemish Baroque still-life painter (born 1627) • Fabio Cristofari, Italian Baroque painter and mosaicist (born unknown) • Gioseffo Danedi, Italian painter (born 1618) • Charles Errard, French painter, architect and engraver (born 1606) • Gong Xian, Chinese painter (born 1618) • Pietro Montanini, Italian painter (born 1619) • Cristoforo Serra, Italian painter who was also a militia captain in the Papal troops (born 1600) ==References==