1762 in art

• The Trevi Fountain in Rome is completed after thirty years of work, with Nicola Salvi's design being modified by Giovanni Paolo Panini. • The equestrian statue of King Louis XV of France in the Place de la Concorde, Paris, is completed after around a dozen years, with Edmé Bouchardon's design being finished by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle; however, it will be destroyed during the French Revolution. • The art collection of Joseph Smith, former British consul in Venice, including many works by Canaletto, is sold to King George III of Great Britain for the Royal Collection. • James Stuart and Nicholas Revett's Antiquities of Athens is published. • Horace Walpole begins publication of Anecdotes of Painting in England, based on George Vertue's manuscript notes. • The Exhibition of 1762 is held by the Society of Artists of Great Britain at Pall Mall in London ==Paintings==

, Portrait of George III. , Whistlejacket , The Piazza at Havana. , Portrait of the Duke of Grafton. • Pompeo Batoni – Portrait of the Duke of Grafton • Thomas Davies – An East View of the Great Cataract of Niagara • François-Hubert Drouais – Portrait of Dmitry Mikhaylovich Golitsyn • Thomas Gainsborough • Portrait of Lady Alston • Portrait of Sir Edward Turner • Nathaniel Hone – Portrait of Lieutenant-General the Hon Philip Sherard and Captain William Tiffin at the Battle of Brücke-Mühl • William Marlow – ''Blackfriars Bridge and St Paul's Cathedral'' • Allan Ramsay • Coronation Portrait of George III • Coronation Portrait of Queen Charlotte • Countess of Elgin • Joshua Reynolds – Portraits of Sir Charles Spencer; the Earl of Shaftesbury; Emma, Lady Edgcumbe; and Ostenaco, Mankiller of Keowee • ''Portrait of Nelly O'Brien'' • Dominic Serres – The Piazza at Havana • George Stubbs (some dates approximate) • Lion Attacking a Horse (two versions) • Mare and Foals belonging to the 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke • Mare and Foals with an unfigured background • ''The Marquess of Rockingham's Scrub with John Singleton up'' • Molly Longlegs with a jockey • Scrub, a horse belonging to the Marquess of Rockingham • Whistlejacket • Whistlejacket with the head groom Mr Cobb and the two other principal stallions in the Wentworth stud • Joseph Vernet – View of Rochefort Harbour from the Magasin des Colonies • Richard Wilson • Kew Gardens: The Pagoda and Bridge • The Thames near Marble Hill, Twickenham • Johann Zoffany • The Garden at Hampton House, with Mr and Mrs David Garrick taking tea • The Shakespeare Temple at Hampton House, with Mr and Mrs David Garrick ==Births==

• February 29 – Eberhard Wächter, painter (died 1852) • June 16 – Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, Italian painter, especially of history pieces, genre depictions, and whimsical and imaginary landscapes (died 1844) • August 10 – Arthur William Devis – English portrait and historical painter (died 1822) • October 4 – William Sawrey Gilpin, watercolour painter (died 1843) • December 30 – John Emes, British engraver and water-colour painter (died 1810) • date unknown • Pierre-Michel Alix, French engraver (died 1817) • James Bisset, Scottish-born artist, manufacturer, writer, collector, art dealer and poet (died 1832) • Giovanni Battista Ballanti, sculptor (died 1835) • Vicente Calderón de la Barca, Spanish historical painter (died 1794) • Pietro Fontana, Italian engraver (died 1837) • Anna Rajecka, Polish painter and drawing artist (died 1832) • Francesco Rosaspina, Italian engraver (died 1841) • Jan Rustem, Turkish-born portrait painter (died 1835) • William Frederick Wells, English watercolour painter and etcher (died 1836) ==Deaths==

• January 11 – Louis-François Roubiliac, French sculptor (born 1695) • April 2 – Johann Georg Bergmüller, painter of frescoes (born 1688) • July 16 – Giovanni Francesco Braccioli, Italian painter, mainly active in Ferrara (born 1698) • July 20 – Paul Troger, Austrian painter, draughtsman and printmaker of the late Baroque period (born 1698) • July 27 – Edmé Bouchardon, French sculptor (born 1698) • August 31 – Pietro Rotari, Italian painter of portraits and altarpieces (born 1707) • October 22 – Karl Aigen, German painter, master painter/tutor with Daniel Gran in Vienna (born 1684) • November 18 – Agostino Veracini, Italian painter and engraver (born 1689) • date unknown • Joseph Antony Adolph, Moravian painter (born 1729) • Jean-Baptiste Gilles, French painter of portraits in miniature and water-colours (born 1680) • Andreas Møller, Danish portrait painter and pioneer of miniature painting (born 1684) • Lars Pinnerud, Norwegian farmer and woodcarver (born 1700) == References ==