1697 in art

• December 13 – Tsar Peter the Great of Russia visits Dutch Republic official Jacob de Wilde in Amsterdam to view his art collection, "the beginning of the West European classical tradition in Russia"; a view of the meeting is engraved by Jacob's daughter Maria de Wilde. ==Paintings==

– Still Life with Shells, private collection • Giovan Battista Caniana – The Crucifixion (Church of Santa Maria and San Giacomo, Romano di Lombardia) • Adriaen Coorte – Still Life with Shells • Carlo Maratta – The Baptism of Jesus • Hyacinthe Rigaud – Portrait of Cardinal Louis Antoine de Noailles • Hyacinthe Rigaud and Joseph Parrocel – Portrait of Louis, Grand Dauphin • Painting of Christian V presiding over the Supreme Court of Denmark ==Births==

• March 30 – Jan Baptist Xavery, Flemish sculptor active in the Netherlands (died 1742) • April 12 – Anton Pichler, Tyrolean goldsmith and artist of engraved gems (died 1779) • June 22 – Pierre-Imbert Drevet, French portrait engraver (died 1739) • June 25 – Peter van Bleeck, portrait painter and engraver (died 1764) • October 28 • Giovanni Antonio Canal, better known as Canaletto, Venetian artist famous for his landscapes, or vedute, of Venice (died 1768) • Johann Gottfried Auerbach, Austrian painter (died 1753) • November 10 – William Hogarth, English engraver and painter credited with pioneering western sequential art (died 1764) • date unknown • Bernard Accama or Bernardus, Dutch historical and portrait painter, born in Friesland (died 1756) • Francesco Andreini, Italian painter (died 1751) • Helena Arnell, one of the first Finnish painters and few female artists (died 1751) • Claude François Devosge, French sculptor and architect (died 1777) • Johann Christian Fiedler, German portrait painter (died 1765) • Antonio Gionima, Italian painter (died 1732) • Michele Pagano, Italian painter of landscapes or vedutista (died 1732) • Giovanni Battista Tagliasacchi, Italian painter of historical scenes and portraits (died 1737) • Cornelis Troost – Dutch painter from Amsterdam (died 1750) ==Deaths==

• April 4 • Jan de Bray, Dutch painter (born 1627) • Andrea Carlone, Italian painter (born 1626) • June 11 – Abraham Begeyn, Dutch painter of landscapes and cattle (born 1637) • December 31 – Lucas Faydherbe, Dutch sculptor and architect (born 1617) • date unknown • Ludovico Gimignani, Italian painter, active mainly in Rome (born 1643) • Muin Musavvir, Persian miniaturist during the Safavid period (born 1638) • Mei Qing, Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet during the Qing Dynasty (born 1623) • Claudine Bouzonnet-Stella, French engraver (born 1636) • Giulio Cesare Venenti, Italian painter of landscapes and engraver (born 1609) ==References==