1728 in art

• October 20 – Copenhagen Fire of 1728: The worst fire in the history of Copenhagen breaks out. It lasts for 3 days and destroys important cultural treasures such as the University of Copenhagen library and original Baroque interiors of the Reformed Church, Copenhagen. • Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin is admitted to the Royal Academy. • William Hogarth begins painting scenes from ''The Beggar's Opera''. ==Paintings==

• Canaletto (1725–1728) (Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg) • View of Church of San Giovanni dei Battuti on the Isle of Murano • View of the Isles of San Michele, San Cristoforo and Murano from the Fondamenta Nuove • Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin – Der Roschen (Cat with Stingray) ==Births==

• March 12 – Anton Raphael Mengs, German painter (died 1779) • April 20 – Nicolas Henri Joseph de Fassin, Belgian landscape painter (died 1811) • May 24 – Jean-Baptiste Pillement, Rococo painter, designer and engraver (died 1808) • July 1 – Nicolas-Guy Brenet, French historical painter (died 1792) • date unknown • Johan Alm, Finnish painter and field sergeant (died 1810) • Pietro Bardellino – Italian painter (died 1819) • Fabio Berardi, Italian engraver (died 1788) • Charles Catton, English painter (died 1798) • John Clayton, English painter (died 1800) • Nathan Drake, English painter (died 1778) • Ubaldo Gandolfi, Italian painter (died 1781) • Johan Philip Korn, Swedish painter (died 1796) • Marie-Thérèse Reboul, French painter of natural history, still lifes, and flowers (died 1805) ==Deaths==

• January 26 – Paolo de Matteis, Italian painter who worked for the Spanish Viceroy of Naples (born 1662) • April 21 – Cardinal Filippo Antonio Gualterio, art collector (born 1660) • September 21 – Francis Place, English gentleman draughtsman, potter, engraver and printmaker (born 1647) • November 27 – Santi Prunati, Italian painter of many churches in and around Verona (born 1652/1656) • December 8 – Camillo Rusconi, Italian sculptor (born 1658) • date unknown • Isaac Paling, Dutch Golden Age painter (born 1640) • Yang Jin, Chinese painter during the Qing Dynasty (born 1644) ==References==