1725 in art

• January 20 – The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna is refounded by Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, as the k.k. Hofakademie der Maler, Bildhauer und Baukunst, under the direction of the French-born court painter Jacob van Schuppen. • A number of artists including Juan Vicente Ribera are appointed by the Council of Castile to develop a tax structure for artworks ==Paintings==

– Intercession of Charles Borromeo supported by the Virgin Mary • Canaletto • ''Doge's Palace'' • Entrance to the Grand Canal: Looking East • The Grand Canal from Rialto toward the North • The Grand Canal near the Ponte di Rialto • The Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge in the Background • Rio dei Mendicanti: Looking South • Santi Giovanni e Paolo and the Scuola di San Marco • Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin – The Skate • Philippe Mercier – The Schutz Family and Their Friends on a Terrace • Sebastiano Ricci – Apotheosis of Saint Sebastian (approximate date) • Jacob de Wit – Hercules on Mount Olympus (ceiling painting now at Waddesdon Manor, England) • Johann Michael Rottmayr – Dome fresco, Karlskirche, Vienna • Francesco Solimena - The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple (circa) ==Births==

• January 16 – Johann Anton de Peters, German painter and etcher (died 1795) • February 17 – Joseph Ignatz Sadler, Czech fresco painter (died 1767) • May 16 – Peder Als, Danish historical and portrait painter (died 1775) • June 3 – Christoph Friedrich Reinhold Lisiewski, German portrait painter (died 1794) • July 1 – Rhoda Delaval, English portrait painter (died 1757) • August 21 – Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter (died 1805) • September 7 – William Duesbury, English enameller and entrepreneur (died 1786) • September 25 – Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian engraver (died 1815) • October 7 (bapt.) – Francis Swaine, English marine painter (died 1782) • November 22 – Ignaz Günther, German sculptor and woodcarver within the Bavarian rococo tradition (died 1775) • date unknown • Guillaume Philippe Benoist, French line engraver (died 1770) • Giuseppe Canale, Italian painter and engraver (died 1802) • Domenico Cunego, Italian printmaker (died 1803) • James Gabriel Huquier, French portrait painter and engraver (died 1805) • Therese Maron, German painter active in Rome (died 1806) • Nicola Peccheneda, Italian painter (died 1804) • Antonio Ponz, Spanish painter (died 1792) • Juan Ramírez de Arellano, Spanish Baroque painter (died 1782) ==Deaths==

• February 5 – Christoph Weigel the Elder, German engraver and art dealer (born 1654) • March 2 – José Benito de Churriguera, Spanish architect and sculptor (born 1665) • April 18 – Antonio Calza, Italian painter of historical and battle-scenes (born 1658) • May 6 – Bernardo Schiaffino, Italian sculptor (born 1678) • May 23 – Anna Maria Schmilau, Swedish tapestry artist • September 2 – Charles-François Poerson, French painter (born 1653) • September 11 – Giuseppe Gambarini, Italian painter of frescoes (born 1680) • October – José de Mora, Spanish sculptor (born 1642) • date unknown • Gioseffo Maria Bartolini, Italian painter (born 1657) • Giovanni Girolamo Bonesi, Italian painter (born 1653) • Bernard Lens II, English engraver, pioneer of mezzotint technique and publisher (born 1659) • probable – Jan Soukens, Dutch Golden Age painter (born c.1650)