1715 in art

Events from the year 1715 in art.

Events

Thomas Gibson – Portrait of George Vertue
Sir Godfrey Kneller – Portraits of
- John Erskine, Earl of Mar
- Frances Erskine Countess of Mar
- Lady Anne, Countess of Sunderland and her daughter Diana
- Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury
Rachel Ruysch – Bouquet of Flowers (Alte Pinakothek, Munich)

February 22 – Charles-Nicolas Cochin, French engraver, designer, writer, and art critic (died 1790)
July 4 – Charles Francois Hutin, French history and figure painter, engraver and sculptor (died 1776)
July 11 – Jean-Joseph Balechou, French engraver (died 1765)
August 25 – Luis González Velázquez, Spanish late-Baroque painter (died 1763)
November 5 – Johann Georg Wille, German copper engraver (died 1808)
November 30 – Johan Jacob Bruun, Danish gouache painter most known for his topographic prospects (died 1789)
December 11 – Johann Valentin Tischbein, German theatre painter (died 1768)
probable
- Pierre-Philippe Mignot, French sculptor (died 1770)
- Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, French painter who specialized in portraits executed in pastels (died 1783)
- Gervase Spencer, English miniaturist (died 1763)
- Cao Xueqin – Chinese writer, painter and poet (died 1763)

January 5 – Onorio Marinari, Italian painter (born 1627)
March 11 – Jan-Erasmus Quellinus, Flemish Baroque painter of large altarpieces and histories (born 1634)
June 12 – Angelo de Rossi, sculptor (born 1671)
September 1 – Francois Girardon, French sculptor (born 1628)
November 16 - Jacques d'Agar, French portrait painter (born 1640)
date unknown
- Filippo Abbiati, Italian painter of the Baroque period (born 1640)
- Derviş Ali, Ottoman calligrapher (born unknown)
- François Boitard, French painter (born 1670)
- Elizabeth Haselwood, English silversmith (born c. 1644)
- Philippe Magnier, French sculptor (born 1647)
- Michelangelo Ricciolino, Italian church painter of the Baroque period (born 1654)
- Gian Domenico Valentini, Italian painter of still life (born 1639)
- Wang Yuanqi, Chinese painter of the Qing dynasty, member of the Four Wangs (born 1642)
- Yun Du-seo, Korean painter and scholar of the Joseon period (born 1668)
- 1710/1715: Jean Cornu, French sculptor (born 1650)